East Ward Community Primary School
Primary schoolEast Ward Community Primary School is a primary school in Bury, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 474 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection
- Report card, 20 January 2026
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Strong standard
- Post-16 provision
- Not applicable
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 62% of pupils at East Ward Community Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 64% in Bury and 62% in England.
7% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Bury | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 62% | 64% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 7% | 8% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104 | 105 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Ash Grove SchoolPupil referral and alternative provision. Requires improvement (overall), March 2020, before the school changed190 m
- Hazel Wood High SchoolSecondary. Good (overall), March 2023. Attainment 8 of 35.6 (2025/26, provisional)200 m
- Hoyle Nursery SchoolNursery. Standards maintained, March 2025530 m
- St Thomas Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), June 2024. 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)560 m
- Cambian Chesham House SchoolSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file660 m
- St Paul's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary. Requires improvement (overall), March 2023, before the school changed. 43% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)680 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Bury
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).