Holcombe Brook Primary School
Longsight Road, Holcombe Brook, Bury, BL0 9TA
This school is closed (it closed in March 2026).
It was replaced by Holcombe Brook Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr David Westerby
- Constituency
- Bury North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 280
- Pupils on roll
- 269
- URN
- 105311
- Local authority
- Bury
- Website
- School website
About this school
Holcombe Brook Primary School was a community primary school in Bury. It taught children aged 5 to 11 and had 269 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Holcombe Brook Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 38 | 39 | 46 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 76% | 77% | 63% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 16% | 13% | 11% |
| Expected standard in reading | 92% | 92% | 72% |
| Expected standard in maths | 89% | 95% | 85% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 84% | 92% | 74% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109.0 | 109.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108.0 | 111.0 | 107.0 |
| Reading progress | +5.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +5.70 | - | - |
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 Holcombe Brook 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 | 76% | 58.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 77% | 63% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 63% | 63.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 269 |
| 2023/24 | 264 |
| 2024/25 | 263 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Holcombe Brook Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 47% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 91% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 63% | 3.7% | 14.1% | 269 | — |
| Holcombe Brook Primary School | — | — | — | — | 0.0 miles |
| Greenmount Primary School | — | — | — | 229 | 0.4 miles |
| Summerseat Methodist Primary School | 31% | 6.3% | 17.4% | 95 | 0.8 miles |
| Hazlehurst Primary Academy | 90% | 2.5% | 6.9% | 156 | 0.8 miles |
| Holly Mount Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury | 74% | 4% | 6% | 233 | 0.8 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 14.07%
- English as an additional language
- 1.5%
- Overall absence
- 3.67%
- Persistent absence
- 4.53%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Holcombe Brook Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Bury
-
Greenmount Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Bury
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Summerseat Methodist Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Bury
-
Hazlehurst Primary Academy0.8 miles
Primary · Bury
-
Holly Mount Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury0.8 miles
Primary · Bury
Other 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 Holcombe Brook Primary School teach?
- Holcombe Brook Primary School taught children aged 5 to 11. It was a primary school in Bury.
- Has Holcombe Brook Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Holcombe Brook Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Holcombe Brook Primary School?
- Holcombe Brook Primary School had 269 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 11.
- How have Holcombe Brook Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 76% in 2022/23 and 63% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Holcombe Brook Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Holcombe Brook 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.