Higher Lane Primary School

State-Funded School

higher-lane-primary-school-bury-north-west

North WestRegion

BuryLocal Authority

Bury SouthConstituency

M45 7EXPostcode

4.0

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Higher Lane 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 491 pupils. Higher Lane Primary School is part of Vision Multi Academy Trust.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 3 Dec 2025 · published 8 Feb 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

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

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Around average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 63%
Higher standard: 4%
Reading score: 105
Maths score: 104

Ethnicity

White

65%

Asian

13%

Black

Mixed

14%

Chinese

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

491

Total Pupils

52%Boys

48%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

17%

England average

27%

First language not English

13%

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: Average
Total pupils: 491
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)
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 17 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
11 Dec 2014	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.