Cams Lane Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Manchester, Bury·M26 3SW
Composite score
44.3
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National rank
#1358
In North West
#48
In Bury
Top 64%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
61%
% achieving higher RWM
4%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
95%
20 first choices, 21 places
First choices per place
0.95
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
57
any preference, for 21 places
Last place offered lived
1.00 mi
straight line, 2025 intake · 1611 m
Applications from another council area
2%

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.

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

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
200
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
24.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
8.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
10.5%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
7.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,940
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Cams Lane Primary School at a glance

Located in Manchester, Bury, Cams Lane Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 200 pupils aged 4 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 61% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That is down 6.0 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 in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 4% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). 95% of the families who made Cams Lane Primary School their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. The council's own allocation figures show the last child offered a place for 2025 lived 1.00 miles away in a straight line — that distance is not a fixed catchment and moves each year. There are about 21.7 pupils per teacher. Cams Lane 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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