Sunny Bank Primary School
Primary schoolSunny Bank Primary School is a primary school in Bury, for pupils aged 5 to 11. It had 215 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Good (overall), June 2023
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 20 June 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, 75% of pupils at Sunny Bank Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 64% in Bury and 62% in England.
31% 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 | 75% | 64% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 31% | 8% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108 | 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 Bernadette's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), February 2020, before the school changed. 74% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)530 m
- Elms BankSpecial. Outstanding (overall), September 2023570 m
- Unsworth Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, March 2023. 82% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)650 m
- All Saints Church of England Primary School, StandPrimary. School remains Good, March 2023. 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)700 m
- Bury and Whitefield Jewish Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met. 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)750 m
- Hollins Grundy Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, March 2023. 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)870 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).