St Paul's Church of England Primary School

State-Funded School

st-pauls-church-of-england-primary-school-bury-north-west

North WestRegion

BuryLocal Authority

Bury NorthConstituency

BL9 6LJPostcode

0.6

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Paul's Church of England Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–11, located in Bury, North West.

The school is rated Requires improvement by Ofsted. It currently serves 184 pupils. St Paul's Church of England Primary School is part of Forward as One Church of England Multi Academy Trust.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White

43%

Asian

24%

Black

14%

Mixed

10%

Any other group

Pupils

184

Total Pupils

51%Boys

49%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

67%

England average

27%

First language not English

51%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 4 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 184
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: Forward as One Church of England Multi Academy Trust

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
18 May 2023	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement

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.