Ribble Drive Community Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Manchester, Bury
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Bury Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Unlock every school · £9.99 Open on the map →Ribble Drive Community Primary School is a primary school in Manchester, Bury for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Bury has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Ribble Drive 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
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 55% of pupils, against a middle figure of 22.3% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Bury.
- Every Reception applicant in 2026 was offered a place, as at 38 of the 56 other Bury primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- For Reception in 2026 there were 12 first-choice applications for 12 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 56% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd lowest 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
- Ribble Drive, Whitefield, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 8TD
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Bury
- Pupils on roll
- 189 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 55% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 56% | 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: 12 first-preference applications, 12 offers in total, 12 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 0.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Whitefield Community Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- All Saints Church of England Primary School, Stand 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Unsworth Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Mersey Drive Community Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Higher Lane Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Bernadette's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bury and Whitefield Jewish Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published