Heaton Park Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Manchester, Bury·M45 6TE
Composite score
48.2
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National rank
#1118
In North West
#40
In Bury
Top 54%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
67%
% achieving higher RWM
4%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
43 first choices, 47 places
First choices per place
0.92
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
103
any preference, for 47 places
Last place offered lived
1.88 mi
straight line, 2025 intake · 3029 m
Applications from another council area
3%

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2025 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it. In 2026 the school was not oversubscribed, so no distance limit applied.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
418
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
20.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
26.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
5.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,902
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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School overview

Heaton Park Primary School is a primary school serving Manchester, Bury, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 418 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 67% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 11.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 4% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Heaton Park Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 43 families who put it first were offered a place. The council's own allocation figures show the last child offered a place for 2025 lived 1.88 miles away in a straight line — that distance is not a fixed catchment and moves each year. There are about 23.2 pupils per teacher. Heaton Park Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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