Holly Mount Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury

Holly Mount Roman Catholic Primary School has shown a good overall performance in its recent inspection, demonstrating strengths particularly in early years provision, which was rated outstanding. With a friendly and inclusive environment, the school fosters strong relationships between staff and pupils, contributing to a positive atmosphere where students feel safe and motivated to learn. This marks their first graded inspection since the previous 'Outstanding' evaluation twelve years ago, providing context for the current performance under the new inspection framework. While the school largely meets the needs of its pupils, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), some subject areas require better organization to enhance curriculum delivery and understanding among students.

Strengths

• Strong relationships between staff and pupils.
• Outstanding early years provision with effective communication and language development.
• Well-designed phonics curriculum that supports reading fluency and accuracy.
• High levels of pupil motivation and pride in their work.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND, with most achieving well.
• Positive attitude towards learning and strong behaviour among pupils.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent organization of knowledge across a few subjects hindering effective curriculum delivery.
• Some evaluation systems lack clarity, affecting the identification of areas for improvement.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Holly Mount Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury attended 96.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.2% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 1.1% of pupils at Holly Mount Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Holly Mount Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury had 18.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 12.4% of pupils at Holly Mount Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Holly Mount Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury received £6,707 and spent £6,672 for each of its 233 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £22,000 (£96 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Holly Mount Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Holly Mount Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury is Good, from an inspection in March 2024.

When was Holly Mount Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury last inspected by Ofsted?

Holly Mount Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury was last inspected in March 2024.

How many pupils does Holly Mount Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury have?

Holly Mount Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury has 233 pupils on roll.

What age range does Holly Mount Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury cover?

Holly Mount Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Holly Mount Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 74% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Holly Mount Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury?

Holly Mount Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury is at Hollymount Lane, Greenmount, Bury, Lancashire, BL8 4HS.