St Margaret's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Manchester, Bury
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.031 miles
Published by Bury Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Unlock every school · £9.99 Open on the map →St Margaret's Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Manchester, Bury for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 30 October 2024. Bury has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
St Margaret's Church of England 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 | 2.031 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 2.031 miles away, the 3rd longest of 11 Bury primary schools with a published last distance (this one included).
- For Reception in 2026, there were 31 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 29 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families (6%) were not offered a place.
- For Reception in 2026, 6 of the 55 applications (11%) came from families living outside Bury, and 1 offer went to them.
- In 2024/25, 74% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Bury.
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
- Heywood Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 2BW
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Bury
- Pupils on roll
- 199 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 30 October 2024
Strengths
- “The school’s vision is the heartbeat of pupils’ experience of the school and influences their behaviour and outlook.”
- “This vision inspires pupils to support each other and to treat those around them with the utmost respect and kindness.”
- “Pupils routinely contribute as leaders within the school.”
To improve
- “However, some subjects are in the earlier stages of development.”
- “In these subjects, the explanations and activities that teachers select do not support pupils to learn the important knowledge in the curriculum securely.”
- “In these subjects, some pupils find it more difficult to remember new learning and connect it to the things that they already know.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 December 2024 (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) | 74% | 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: 31 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 29 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.
- St Michael's Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Heaton Park Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Whitefield Community Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Mersey Drive Community Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Ribble Drive Community Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Our Lady of Grace RC Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Unsworth Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bury and Whitefield Jewish Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published