St Mary's Church of England Aided Primary School, Prestwich

Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Manchester, Bury

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

Not published

From Bury Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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St Mary's Church of England Aided Primary School, Prestwich is a primary school in Manchester, Bury for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 12 February 2025. Bury has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.

St Mary's Church of England Aided Primary School, Prestwich 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	Not published

What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment

What the figures show

For Reception in 2026, there were 38 first-choice applications for 30 offers: 30 offers went to first-choice families, and 8 first-choice families were not offered a place.
The Reception 2026 entry had 1.3 first choices per offer, the 3rd highest of 56 Bury primary schools.
In 2024/25, 66% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Bury.
In 2024/25, 3% reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths (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: Rectory Lane, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1BP
Type: Voluntary aided school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Religious character: Church of England
Council: Bury
Pupils on roll: 240 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 8.8% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 25.2

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

Not judged Inspected 12 February 2025

Strengths

“St Mary’s provides a nurturing environment, where pupils feel welcomed, valued and included.”
“Pupils have extremely positive relationships with others.”
“This creates an atmosphere of mutual respect among staff and pupils.”

To improve

“However, in a small number of subjects, and including some aspects of the early years curriculum, the school has not been clear enough in exactly what it is that it wants pupils to know and remember.”
“Consequently, the arrangements to check pupils’ knowledge and understanding are not as well developed.”
“Although the school is taking action to remedy this, pupils’ recall in these subjects is not as strong as it is in others.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 April 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: 38 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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.

Our Lady of Grace RC Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Heaton Park Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Park View Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
St Hilda's Church of England Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
Butterstile Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Yesoiday Hatorah Girls Academy 0.9 mi Outstanding
Yesoiday Hatorah Boys Academy 0.9 mi Good
Whitefield Community Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published