Lowercroft Primary School
Ashington Drive, Bury, BL8 2TS
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Janine McGadie
- Constituency
- Bury North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 230
- Pupils on roll
- 204
- URN
- 105295
- Local authority
- Bury
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01617612798
About this school
Lowercroft Primary School is a community primary school in Bury. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 204 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Lowercroft 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
A short monitoring inspection followed on : inspectors found that standards have been maintained.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 35 | 35 | 35 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 60% | 60% | 66% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 9% | 9% | 6% |
| Expected standard in reading | 74% | 71% | 91% |
| Expected standard in maths | 83% | 74% | 77% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 77% | 51% | 77% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 104.0 | 109.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 104.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.50 | - | - |
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 Lowercroft 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 | 60% | 58.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 60% | 63% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 66% | 63.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 241 |
| 2023/24 | 237 |
| 2024/25 | 226 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Lowercroft Primary School compares
Lowercroft Primary School ranked 24th of 55 primary schools in Bury for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 55% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 94% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 66% | 3.5% | 6.6% | 204 | — |
| Greenhill Primary School | 86% | 4.2% | 9.6% | 255 | 0.3 miles |
| Chantlers Primary School | 97% | 3.3% | 10.5% | 305 | 0.6 miles |
| St Stephen's Church of England Primary School | 67% | 4.6% | 31.6% | 182 | 0.7 miles |
| Christ Church Ainsworth Church of England Primary School | — | — | — | — | 0.8 miles |
| Christ Church CofE Primary School | 79% | 4.1% | 6.4% | 214 | 0.9 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
-
Ungraded inspection report15 January 2025
- 8 January 2020
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 6.64%
- English as an additional language
- 7.5%
- Overall absence
- 3.48%
- Persistent absence
- 4.88%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Greenhill Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Bury
-
Chantlers Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Bury
-
St Stephen's Church of England Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Bury
-
Christ Church Ainsworth Church of England Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Bolton
-
Christ Church CofE Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Bury
Other schools in Bury
Lowercroft Primary School ranks 17th of the 32 ranked primary schools in Bury.
- Bury and Whitefield Jewish Primary School Primary
- Chantlers 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
Common questions
- What ages does Lowercroft Primary School teach?
- Lowercroft Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Bury.
- Who is the headteacher of Lowercroft Primary School?
- The headteacher of Lowercroft Primary School is Mrs Janine McGadie, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Lowercroft Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Lowercroft 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 Lowercroft Primary School?
- Lowercroft Primary School has 204 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Lowercroft Primary School full?
- Lowercroft Primary School has capacity for 230 pupils and 204 on roll (89%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Lowercroft Primary School a faith school?
- No. Lowercroft Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Lowercroft Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Lowercroft Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Lowercroft Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 60% in 2022/23 and 66% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Lowercroft Primary School compare with other schools in Bury?
- Lowercroft Primary School ranked 24th of 55 primary schools in Bury for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 55% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 94% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Lowercroft Primary School's absence rate?
- Lowercroft Primary School's overall absence rate is 3.5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Lowercroft Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Lowercroft 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.