East Ward Community Primary School

State-Funded School

east-ward-community-primary-school-bury-north-west

North WestRegion

BuryLocal Authority

Bury NorthConstituency

BL9 7QZPostcode

6.0

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

East Ward Community Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Bury, North West.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 474 pupils. East Ward Community Primary School is part of Vision Multi Academy Trust.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 20 Jan 2026 · published 16 Mar 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Strong standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Early years
Strong standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 65%
Higher standard: 4%
Reading score: 106
Maths score: 105

Ethnicity

White

46%

Asian

23%

Black

17%

Mixed

Chinese

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

474

Total Pupils

51%Boys

49%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

52%

England average

27%

First language not English

38%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 474
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: Vision Multi Academy Trust

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 24 November 2021. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
4 Feb 2011	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.