St Michael's Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy

State-Funded School

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North WestRegion

BuryLocal Authority

Bury SouthConstituency

M45 8NJPostcode

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Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

St Michael's Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 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 202 pupils. St Michael's Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy is part of ST TERESA OF CALCUTTA CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 20 Jan 2026 · published 17 Mar 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

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

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Inadequate

Quality ofeducation

Inadequate

Personaldevelopment

Requires improvement

Behaviour &attitudes

Requires improvement

Early yearsprovision

Inadequate

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 54%
Higher standard: 11%
Reading score: 106
Maths score: 103

Ethnicity

White

73%

Asian

Black

12%

Mixed

Any other group

Pupils

202

Total Pupils

48%Boys

52%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

25%

England average

27%

First language not English

21%

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: 202
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: ST TERESA OF CALCUTTA CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
21 Sept 2022	Inadequate	Inadequate	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Inadequate

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.