St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Ramsbottom, a Voluntary Academy
Primary schoolSt Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Ramsbottom, a Voluntary Academy is a primary school in Bury, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 193 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Good (overall), November 2023, before the school changed
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 14 November 2023
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
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, 65% of pupils at St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Ramsbottom, a Voluntary Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 64% in Bury and 62% in England.
6% 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 | 65% | 64% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 6% | 8% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106 | 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- St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, RamsbottomPrimary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. 50% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)200 m
- Emmanuel Holcombe Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), March 2024. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)490 m
- Hazlehurst Primary AcademyPrimary. Inadequate (overall), March 2023, before the school changed, special measures. 90% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)730 m
- Darul Uloom Al Arabiya Al IslamiyaIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file920 m
- Peel Brow SchoolPrimary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- Woodhey High SchoolSecondary. Graded inspection, July 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 49.8 (2025/26, provisional)1.2 km
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).