Elton Community Primary School

Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Bury

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

Every applicant was offered a place

From Bury Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Elton Community Primary School is a primary school in Bury for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 26 January 2024. Bury has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.

Elton Community 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	Every applicant was offered a place

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

What the figures show

In 2024/25, 62% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 16% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Every applicant for Reception in 2026 was offered a place, as at 38 of the 56 other Bury primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
Reception 2026 had 26 first-choice applications for 33 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 7 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
35.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 26.1% across 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: Alston Street, Bury, BL8 1SB
Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Council: Bury
Pupils on roll: 307 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 35.5% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 21.5

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

Ofsted

School remains Good Inspected 26 January 2024

Strengths

“Pupils thoroughly enjoy learning and playing at this school.”
“It is a happy, safe, caring and creative environment where everyone is valued.”
“They work hard in lessons and become successful learners who achieve well.”

To improve

“However, for some pupils, the school’s strategies to help pupils to remember learning over time are not working sufficiently well.”
“Some pupils do not remember enough of what they have learned in the past to be able to use it when learning something new.”
“However, occasionally, in some subjects, they move some pupils on too quickly.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 March 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)	62%	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: 26 first-preference applications, 33 offers in total, 26 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.

Guardian Angels Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Woodbank Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade
Chantlers Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
St John with St Mark CofE Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good
Christ Church CofE Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
St Stephen's Church of England Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Tottington Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published