Peel Brow School

Peel Brow School demonstrates a strong standard of performance with notable strengths in early years education and staff support. Leaders have taken decisive actions to improve pupil achievement, particularly for disadvantaged students, which has resulted in improvements in their academic progress. The school fosters a positive culture that prioritizes safeguarding and inclusion, contributing to a welcoming environment where pupils feel safe and valued. However, issues with attendance persist, with rates consistently below national averages, indicating a need for further improvement to enhance learning opportunities for all pupils.

Strengths

• Strong early years education with a well-designed curriculum.
• Effective support for pupils with additional needs, including those with SEND.
• Positive relationships between staff, pupils, and families.
• Emphasis on communication, language, and literacy skills from an early stage.
• High staff morale and commitment to professional development.

Areas for Improvement

• Consistently below-average attendance rates and high persistent absenteeism.
• Pupils occasionally make unaddressed errors in their written work.

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 Peel Brow School attended 90.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 33.0% 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, 0.9% of pupils at Peel Brow School 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 Peel Brow School had 11.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 26.0% 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, 16.0% of pupils at Peel Brow School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 17.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has a SEN unit with 8 pupils.

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 2024–25 Peel Brow School received £9,999 and spent £10,461 for each of its 110 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £29,000 (£261 per pupil).

Across all 4 schools of Vision Multi Academy Trust, income was £7,729 and spending £7,658 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). 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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All schools in Bury · Bury local authority: places and applications

Peel Brow School is part of Vision Multi Academy Trust, which runs 5 schools. The nearest others:

• East Ward Community Primary School Bury
• Sunny Bank Primary School Bury
• Higher Lane Primary School Manchester
• Parrenthorn High School Manchester

What is Peel Brow School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Peel Brow School is Needs attention, from an inspection in May 2026.

When was Peel Brow School last inspected by Ofsted?

Peel Brow School was last inspected in May 2026.

How many pupils does Peel Brow School have?

Peel Brow School has 94 pupils on roll.

What age range does Peel Brow School cover?

Peel Brow School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Peel Brow School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 71% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Peel Brow School?

Peel Brow School is at Fir Street, Ramsbottom, Bury, Lancashire, BL0 0BJ.