Lowercroft Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Bury
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.179 miles
Published by Bury Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Unlock every school · £9.99 Open on the map →Lowercroft Primary School is a primary school in Bury for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 15 January 2025. Bury has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Lowercroft Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 2.179 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026 the last place offered went to a child 2.179 miles away, the longest of 11 Bury primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- There were 25 first-choice applications for 30 Reception offers in 2026; 24 offers went to first-choice families and 1 first-choice family (4%) was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 66% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), with 6% reaching the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Bury schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Ashington Drive, Bury, BL8 2TS
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Bury
- Pupils on roll
- 204 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 5.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 15 January 2025
Strengths
- “The school is ambitious for the achievement of all pupils.”
- “It has created a broad and wellbalanced curriculum, which means that pupils enjoy learning about a wide range of subjects.”
- “Across the curriculum, pupils typically achieve well.”
To improve
- “However, at times, the approaches used to share new knowledge with pupils are not as effective as they could be.”
- “Consequently, pupils sometimes develop misconceptions and do not learn all that is intended.”
- “However, the school’s approach to help pupils to remember knowledge over time is in the early stages of implementation.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 February 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 66% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 25 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 24 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Bury.
- Greenhill Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Chantlers Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Stephen's Church of England Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Christ Church Ainsworth Church of England Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Christ Church CofE Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Guardian Angels Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Elton Community Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Tottington Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published