Chantlers Primary School
Foulds Avenue, Bury, BL8 2SF
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Philip B Barlow
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Constituency
- Bury North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 310
- Pupils on roll
- 305
- URN
- 105291
- Local authority
- Bury
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01617611074
About this school
Chantlers Primary School is a community primary school in Bury. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 305 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Chantlers Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 39 | 34 | 36 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 87% | 85% | 97% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 10% | 12% | 6% |
| Expected standard in reading | 92% | 91% | 100% |
| Expected standard in maths | 92% | 88% | 97% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 92% | 91% | 97% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 112.0 | 108.0 | 111.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107.0 | 108.0 | 110.0 |
| Reading progress | +6.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +2.10 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Chantlers Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Bury average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 87% | 58.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 85% | 63% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 97% | 63.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 3.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 309 |
| 2023/24 | 303 |
| 2024/25 | 305 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Chantlers Primary School compares
Chantlers Primary School ranked 1st of 55 primary schools in Bury for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 99% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 95% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 97% | 3.3% | 10.5% | 305 | — |
| St Stephen's Church of England Primary School | 67% | 4.6% | 31.6% | 182 | 0.4 miles |
| Greenhill Primary School | 86% | 4.2% | 9.6% | 255 | 0.4 miles |
| Guardian Angels Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | — | — | — | — | 0.4 miles |
| Lowercroft Primary School | 66% | 3.5% | 6.6% | 204 | 0.6 miles |
| Elton Community Primary School | 62% | 5% | 37.5% | 307 | 0.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 10.49%
- English as an additional language
- 3%
- Overall absence
- 3.32%
- Persistent absence
- 3.88%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Stephen's Church of England Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Bury
-
Greenhill Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Bury
- 0.4 miles
-
Lowercroft Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Bury
-
Elton Community Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Bury
Other schools in Bury
Chantlers Primary School ranks 1st of the 32 ranked primary schools in Bury.
- Bury and Whitefield Jewish Primary School Primary
- Chesham Primary Academy Primary
- Christ Church CofE Primary School Primary
- East Ward Community Primary School Primary
- Edenfield Church of England Primary School Primary
- Elton Community Primary School Primary
- Emmanuel Holcombe Church of England Primary School Primary
- Fairfield Community Primary School Primary
- Greenhill Primary School Primary
- Greenmount Primary School Primary
- Guardian Angels Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Primary
- Hazlehurst Primary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Chantlers Primary School teach?
- Chantlers Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Bury.
- Who is the headteacher of Chantlers Primary School?
- The headteacher of Chantlers Primary School is Mr Philip B Barlow, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Chantlers Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Chantlers Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Chantlers Primary School?
- Chantlers Primary School has 305 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Chantlers Primary School full?
- Chantlers Primary School has capacity for 310 pupils and 305 on roll (98%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Chantlers Primary School a faith school?
- No. Chantlers Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Chantlers Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Chantlers Primary School as having nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Chantlers Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Chantlers Primary School's special educational needs provision as: SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Chantlers Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 87% in 2022/23 and 97% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Chantlers Primary School compare with other schools in Bury?
- Chantlers Primary School ranked 1st of 55 primary schools in Bury for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 99% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 95% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Chantlers Primary School's absence rate?
- Chantlers Primary School's overall absence rate is 3.3% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Chantlers Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Chantlers Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.