St Joseph and St Bede RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

Type	Primary / Academy converter
Age Range	3-11
Religion	Roman Catholic
Address	Danesmoor Drive Bury Lancashire BL9 6ER
Reference Number	150176

General Makeup

Number of pupils	340
Boy/Girl ratio	Boys: 48.53% Girls: 51.47%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals	28.4%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language	16.2%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes	28.7
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher	28.7
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher	30

Year Groups

Year	Boys	Girls	Total
1	26	17	43
2	20	23	43
3	21	24	45
4	18	27	45
5	20	25	45
6	27	18	45

Ethnicities

Ethnicity	Percentage
White, British	67.4%
Indian	7.1%
African	7.1%
Pakistani	4.7%
White, Other	4.4%
White & Black (Caribbean)	2.6%
Asian, Other	2.1%
White & Asian	1.8%
Mixed, Other	0.9%
White & Black (African)	0.6%

Overall Ofsted Rating	As of September 2024, Ofsted no longer give a one word rating for schools. See our blog post for more details.
Last Inspection Date	2023-11-07

Date	Description	Report
2023-11-07	Academy conversion letter	Academy conversion letter

2024 Admissions

	Number of Applications	Number of Offers
First Preference	Unlock	Unlock
Second Preference	14	1
Third Preference	9	0
From another Local Authority	1	0

Name	Distance
St Paul's Church of England Primary School Porritt Street, Via Huntley Mount Road, Bury, Lancashire, BL9 6LJ	0.18 miles
Hoyle Nursery School Chesham Fold Road, Bury, BL9 6HR	0.29 miles
Chesham Primary Academy Talbot Grove, Bury, Lancashire, BL9 6PH	0.49 miles
East Ward Community Primary School Willow Street, Bury, Lancashire, BL9 7QZ	0.58 miles
St John with St Mark CofE Primary School Athlone Avenue, Bury, Lancashire, BL9 5EE	0.66 miles
Fairfield Community Primary School Rochdale Old Road, Bury, Lancashire, BL9 7SD	0.71 miles
St Thomas Church of England Primary School Pimhole Road, Bury, Lancashire, BL9 7EY	0.81 miles
St Marie's Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury Edward Street, The Mosses, Bury, Lancashire, BL9 0RZ	1.09 miles
Holy Trinity Primary School Cecil Street, Bury, BL9 0SB	1.1 miles
Springside Primary School Springside Road, Bury, Lancashire, BL9 5JB	1.2 miles
Woodbank Primary School Woodbank Primary School Brandlesholme Road, Bury, Lancashire, BL8 1AX	1.28 miles
St Luke's CofE Primary School Morley Street, Bury, Lancashire, BL9 9JQ	1.46 miles
Our Lady & St Paul's RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Sutherland Road, Darnhill, Heywood, Lancashire, OL10 3PD	1.47 miles
Elton Community Primary School Alston Street, Bury, Lancashire, BL8 1SB	1.56 miles
Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury Rudgwick Drive, Bury, Lancashire, BL8 1YA	1.57 miles
Guardian Angels Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury Leigh Lane, Elton, Bury, Lancashire, BL8 2RH	1.7 miles
Old Hall Primary School Springside View, Bury, Lancashire, BL8 4LU	1.83 miles
St Margaret's Church of England Primary School Heys Lane, Heywood, Lancashire, OL10 3RD	1.86 miles
St Peter's Church of England Primary School Whitefield Road, Bury, Lancashire, BL9 9PW	2.03 miles
Woodland Community Primary School Regent Street, Heywood, Lancashire, OL10 3BX	2.08 miles

Name	Distance
Cambian Chesham House School Chesham House, Thrush Drive, Bury, BL9 6JD	0.19 miles
Hazel Wood High School Hazel Avenue, Bury, Lancashire, BL9 7QT	0.7 miles
Bury College Market Street, Bury, Greater Manchester, BL9 0BG	1.16 miles
Bury Grammar Schools Tenterden Street, Bury, BL9 0HN	1.31 miles
St Gabriel's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy Bridge Road, Bury, Lancashire, BL9 0TZ	1.49 miles
Holy Cross College 169 Manchester Road, Bury, Greater Manchester, BL9 9BB	1.51 miles
Bury Church of England High School Haslam Brow, Bury, Lancashire, BL9 0TS	1.57 miles
Mill School - Bury Wellington Street, Bury, Greater Manchester, BL8 2BD	1.75 miles
Excel and Exceed Centre Buller Street, Bury, Lancashire, BL8 2BS	1.81 miles
The Derby High School Radcliffe Road, Redvales, Lancs, Lancashire, BL9 9NH	1.84 miles
The Elton High School Walshaw Road, Bury, Lancashire, BL8 1RN	2.04 miles
Tottington High School Laurel Street, Tottington, Bury, Lancashire, BL8 3LY	2.46 miles
Holy Family Roman Catholic and Church of England College Pot Hall, Wilton Grove, Heywood, Lancashire, OL10 2AA	2.51 miles
Unsworth Academy Parr Lane, Bury, Lancashire, BL9 8LP	2.87 miles
Brookhaven School Parr Lane, Bury, Greater Manchester, BL9 8LP	2.91 miles
Newhouse Academy Newhouse Road, Heywood, Lancashire, OL10 2NT	2.93 miles
Woodhey High School Bolton Road West, Ramsbottom, Bury, Lancashire, BL0 9QZ	3.01 miles
Elms Bank Ripon Avenue, Whitefield, Bury, Lancashire, M45 8PJ	3.17 miles
Darul Uloom Al Arabiya Al Islamiya Holcombe Hall, Holcombe Old Road, Holcombe, Nr. Bury, Greater Manchester, BL8 4NG	3.33 miles
Rossendale School Bamford Road, Ramsbottom, Bury, Lancashire, BL0 0RT	3.39 miles

St Joseph and St Bede RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

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