Sunny Bank Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 5–11 · Bury
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From Bury Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Unlock every school · £9.99 Open on the map →Sunny Bank Primary School is a primary school in Bury for ages 5–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 20 June 2023. Bury has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Sunny Bank 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 | Not published |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- 6.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 22.3% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Bury.
- Reception 2026 had 49 first-choice applications for 30 offers, which is 1.6 first choices per offer, the 2nd highest of 56 Bury primary schools.
- In Reception 2026, 30 offers went to first-choice families and 19 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 75% 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
- Hathaway Road, Bury, BL9 8EQ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- Bury
- Pupils on roll
- 215 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 20 June 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend Sunny Bank Primary School.”
- “They feel happy and they value being part of this close-knit learning community.”
- “Pupils appreciate the support that they receive from their teachers and from their friends.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, sometimes teachers do not help pupils to understand how new content builds on what they already know and can do.”
- “Occasionally, this hinders some pupils from learning and remembering all that they could.”
- “However, on occasions, some staff do not deliver the phonics programme consistently well.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 1 August 2023 (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) | 75% | 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: 49 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.
- St Bernadette's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Unsworth Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- All Saints Church of England Primary School, Stand 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bury and Whitefield Jewish Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hollins Grundy Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Mersey Drive Community Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Ribble Drive Community Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Michael's Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published