Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury
Rudgwick Drive, Bury, BL8 1YA
This school is closed (it closed in June 2026).
It was replaced by Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Headteacher
- Mrs Joanne Davies
- Diocese
- Diocese of Salford
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Bury North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 178
- URN
- 105337
- Local authority
- Bury
- Website
- School website
About this school
Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury was a Roman Catholic voluntary aided primary school in Bury. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 178 pupils on roll.
Ofsted inspected it; its last report is linked below.
Ofsted judgement
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 8 March 2023, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 32 | 32 | 30 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 28% | 63% | 63% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 6% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 44% | 72% | 70% |
| Expected standard in maths | 38% | 81% | 77% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 47% | 59% | 70% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 104.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 99.0 | 106.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -4.50 | - | - |
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 Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury 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 | 28% | 58.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 63% | 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 | 5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 198 |
| 2023/24 | 198 |
| 2024/25 | 184 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 47% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 71% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 63% | 4.6% | 15.2% | 178 | — |
| Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy | — | — | — | — | 0.0 miles |
| Old Hall Primary School | — | — | — | 173 | 0.3 miles |
| Woodbank Primary School | 63% | 7.3% | 21.5% | 295 | 0.7 miles |
| Springside Primary School | 66% | 5.6% | 24.9% | 239 | 0.8 miles |
| Elton Community Primary School | 62% | 5% | 37.5% | 307 | 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)
- 15.22%
- English as an additional language
- 3.3%
- Overall absence
- 4.56%
- Persistent absence
- 11.18%
Location
Nearby schools
- 0.0 miles
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Old Hall Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Bury
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Woodbank Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Bury
-
Springside Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Bury
-
Elton Community Primary School0.8 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 year groups does Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury teach?
- Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Bury.
- When was Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury?
- Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury had 178 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 28% 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 Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury'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 30 June 2026.