Primary school

Radcliffe Primary School

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 3–11
  • Mixed
  • Bury
  • M26 3RD
Ofsted Good · inspected Nov 2022

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 7,950 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 53%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 94%94%2016/17: top 89%2017/18: top 84%2018/19: top 86%2022/23: top 90%2023/24: top 59%2024/25: top 53%No exams

Against North WestArrows: North West rank change since 2018/19

Expected standard, RWM63% · North West 63%5/10 Middle+34.8 pts
Higher standard, RWM10% · North West 6%7/10 Above+47 pts
Reading score105 · North West 1054/10 Below+21.9 pts
Maths score104 · North West 1054/10 Below+29.2 pts
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 27% · 37 pupils · North West 55%2016/17: 42% · 36 pupils · North West 64%2017/18: 50% · 40 pupils · North West 68%2018/19: 50% · 50 pupils · North West 67%2022/23: 40% · 43 pupils · North West 61%2023/24: 59% · 39 pupils · North West 63%2024/25: 63% · 30 pupils · North West 63%63%27%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 0% · 37 pupils · North West 3%2016/17: 3% · 36 pupils · North West 7%2017/18: 5% · 40 pupils · North West 8%2018/19: 4% · 50 pupils · North West 9%2022/23: 2% · 43 pupils · North West 6%2023/24: 10% · 39 pupils · North West 5%2024/25: 10% · 30 pupils · North West 6%10%0%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 97 · 37 pupils · North West 1022016/17: 101 · 36 pupils · North West 1042017/18: 104 · 40 pupils · North West 1052018/19: 102 · 50 pupils · North West 1042022/23: 101 · 43 pupils · North West 1052023/24: 106 · 39 pupils · North West 1052024/25: 105 · 30 pupils · North West 10510697No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 96 · 37 pupils · North West 1032016/17: 101 · 36 pupils · North West 1042017/18: 101 · 40 pupils · North West 1052018/19: 101 · 50 pupils · North West 1052022/23: 100 · 43 pupils · North West 1042023/24: 104 · 39 pupils · North West 1042024/25: 104 · 30 pupils · North West 10510496No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
19 of 19 who put it first2014 · 96.4%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st1919
2nd173
3rd200

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2012–2022

  1. 2012Inadequateas predecessor
  2. 2016Requires improvement
  3. 2017Ungraded visit
  4. 2019Requires improvement
  5. 2020Ungraded visit
  6. 2021Ungraded visit
  7. 2021Ungraded visit
  8. 2022Good

5 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Early years provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026228
Free school meals (past 6 years)54.8%
First language not English24.3%
SEN support18.7%
EHC plan4.3%
Absence (sessions missed)6.0%
Persistently absent pupils17.1%

Girls 50.9%Boys 49.1%

55.6% full · 410 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher23.9
Pupils per adult11.8
  • Classroom teachers 8.2
  • Leadership 1
  • Teaching assistants 9.4
  • Other support 4.3

Teachers 9.2 FTE · Whole workforce 22.9 · 33 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£8,483
Spend per pupil£7,683
Staff spend per pupil£5,867
Reserve per pupil£952
  • +£207,000revenue reserve
  • +£174,000in-year balance

Grants £8,202 · self-generated £280 · premises £529 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: THE KEEP LEARNING TRUST (5 academies) · trust reserve £416,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it