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Tottington Primary School

Primary Ages 3-11 319 pupils Bury
Ofsted: Good
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Tottington Primary School is an academy converter in Bury for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has 319 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Tottington Primary School is Good, from an inspection in April 2018 of its predecessor, Tottington Primary School. In 2025, 59% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Ofsted inspection: July 2024. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Moorside Road
Tottington
Bury
Lancashire
BL8 3HR
Phone 01204886169
Reference Number 147551

General Makeup

Number of pupils 319
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 52.35%
Girls: 47.65%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 9.5%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 1.6%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 26.6
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 24.4
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 29

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 24 21 45
2 19 17 36
3 24 19 43
4 22 21 43
5 27 18 45
6 23 20 43

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 89.3%
White & Black (Caribbean) 2.2%
White & Asian 2.2%
African 1.3%
Pakistani 1.3%
Unclassified 0.9%
Mixed, Other 0.9%
Chinese 0.6%
White, Other 0.3%
White & Black (African) 0.3%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Tottington Primary School, inspected in April 2018.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 05 Jun 2024 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
05 Jun 2024 School inspection
06 Nov 2019 Academy conversion letter
24 Apr 2018 Short inspection
Previously as Tottington Primary School
20 May 2014 Full inspection:
21 Jan 2013 Monitoring visit
31 Oct 2012 Full inspection:
16 Sep 2010 Full inspection:
30 Jan 2008 Full inspection:
23 Feb 2004 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 59%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 11%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 106
Maths 106

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading -3.9
Writing -4.3
Maths -2

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Average Scaled Score

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 21 0
Third Preference 16 0
From another Local Authority 1 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Tottington Primary School had 300 pupils for 315 places. 15 places (4.8%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Ramsbottom Tottington and North Manor Primary” planning area

Bury counted 302 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 295 in 2029–30, down 2%.

20212022202320242025
Places 303303315315315
Pupils 307308311304300
Unfilled 0.0%0.0%1.3%3.5%4.8%

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 Tottington Primary School attended 96.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20212022202320242025
Authorised absence 5.0%4.5%3.5%3.7%2.8%
Unauthorised absence 0.4%0.8%1.3%1.3%1.1%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%0.0%0.0%0.4%0.8%

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, 0.9% of pupils at Tottington Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.00.00.30.00.01.2
Permanent exclusions 000000

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 Tottington Primary School had 21.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 12.5% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

2020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 12.212.19.69.39.412.513.2
Teachers who left state teaching 0.0%7.5%6.6%3.9%6.1%6.2%–
Teachers who took any sick leave –13.3%77.8%64.7%27.8%31.6%–
Sick days per teacher –0.35.83.10.93.5–

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, 17.9% of pupils at Tottington Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 22 6
Social, emotional and mental health 17 1
Specific learning difficulty 9 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 2 3
Moderate learning difficulty 4 0
Physical disability 2 2
Hearing impairment 1 0

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 2024–25 Tottington Primary School received £6,541 and spent £6,423 for each of its 329 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £233,000 (£709 per pupil).

Across all 9 schools of Prestolee Multi Academy Trust, income was £6,887 and spending £6,506 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

20212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £147,000£90,000£15,000£60,000£233,000
per pupil £431£265£45£181£709
In-year balance -£12,000£20,000-£76,000-£4,000£39,000
per pupil -£35£59-£224-£13£118

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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0.34 miles
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Elton Community Primary School
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1.12 miles
Chantlers Primary School
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1.16 miles
Holly Mount Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury
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Lowercroft Primary School
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Greenhill Primary School
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1.41 miles
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1.62 miles
Springside Primary School
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1.82 miles
St John with St Mark CofE Primary School
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1.82 miles
Summerseat Methodist Primary School
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1.83 miles
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Hawkshaw
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Hardy Mill Primary School
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Harwood Meadows Primary School
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Name Distance
Tottington High School
Laurel Street, Tottington, Bury, Lancashire, BL8 3LY
0.27 miles
The Elton High School
Walshaw Road, Bury, Lancashire, BL8 1RN
0.69 miles
Mill School - Bury
Wellington Street, Bury, Greater Manchester, BL8 2BD
1.74 miles
Forestwood School
Buller Street, Bury, Lancashire, BL8 2BS
1.77 miles
Woodhey High School
Bolton Road West, Ramsbottom, Bury, Lancashire, BL0 9QZ
1.84 miles
Bury Grammar Schools
Tenterden Street, Bury, BL9 0HN
1.86 miles
St Gabriel's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy
Bridge Road, Bury, Lancashire, BL9 0TZ
1.87 miles
Bury Church of England High School
Haslam Brow, Bury, Lancashire, BL9 0TS
2.12 miles
Bury College
Market Street, Bury, Greater Manchester, BL9 0BG
2.13 miles
Darul Uloom Al Arabiya Al Islamiya
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2.13 miles
The Derby High School
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2.17 miles
Firwood High School
Stitch-MI Lane, Bolton, Lancashire, BL2 4HU
2.21 miles
Holy Cross College
169 Manchester Road, Bury, Greater Manchester, BL9 9BB
2.29 miles
Bolton St Catherine's Academy
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2.34 miles
Cambian Chesham House School
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Breightmet School
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2.69 miles
Hazel Wood High School
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2.82 miles
Canon Slade School
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2.92 miles
Turton School
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3.04 miles
Star Radcliffe Academy
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Tottington Primary School is part of Prestolee Multi Academy Trust, which runs 10 schools. The nearest others:

What is Tottington Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Tottington Primary School is Good, from an inspection in April 2018 of its predecessor, Tottington Primary School.

When was Tottington Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Tottington Primary School was last inspected in July 2024.

How many pupils does Tottington Primary School have?

Tottington Primary School has 319 pupils on roll.

What age range does Tottington Primary School cover?

Tottington Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Tottington Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 59% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Tottington Primary School?

Tottington Primary School is at Moorside Road, Tottington, Bury, Lancashire, BL8 3HR.

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