Old Hall Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Bury·BL8 4LU
Composite score
64.3
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#2,779
National rank
#349
In North West
#10
In Bury
Top 19%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
81%
% achieving higher RWM
10%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
10 first choices, 11 places
First choices per place
0.91
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
38
any preference, for 11 places

Every child who put Old Hall Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
186
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
14.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
7.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Staffing & funding

Spend per pupil
£4,032
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Old Hall Primary School is a primary school serving Bury, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 186 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. 81% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 6.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 19% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 10% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Old Hall Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 11 Reception places. Old Hall 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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