Bury and Whitefield Jewish Primary School
Parr Lane, Unsworth, Bury, BL9 8JT
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Jewish
- Headteacher
- Mrs Melanie Kobak
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Bury South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 103
- URN
- 105352
- Local authority
- Bury
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01617662888
About this school
Bury and Whitefield Jewish Primary School is a Jewish voluntary aided primary school in Bury. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 103 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Bury and Whitefield Jewish 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 no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 7 | 19 | 9 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 71% | 58% | 56% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 14% | 11% | 11% |
| Expected standard in reading | 86% | 68% | 78% |
| Expected standard in maths | 100% | 74% | 78% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 86% | 84% | 67% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108.0 | 104.0 | 109.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 110.0 | 105.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +4.40 | - | - |
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 Bury and Whitefield Jewish 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 | 71% | 58.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 58% | 63% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 56% | 63.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 112 |
| 2023/24 | 112 |
| 2024/25 | 102 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Bury and Whitefield Jewish Primary School compares
Bury and Whitefield Jewish Primary School ranked 43rd of 55 primary schools in Bury for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 31% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 56% | 7.2% | 17.1% | 103 | — |
| Mersey Drive Community Primary School | 50% | 7.1% | 46.5% | 203 | 0.3 miles |
| Unsworth Primary School | 82% | 3.7% | 14.5% | 232 | 0.3 miles |
| Sunny Bank Primary School | 75% | 3.7% | 7.9% | 215 | 0.5 miles |
| All Saints Church of England Primary School, Stand | 59% | 4.3% | 16.8% | 208 | 0.6 miles |
| St Bernadette's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | 74% | 3.7% | 4.3% | 339 | 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
-
Graded inspection report12 May 2026
- 15 March 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 17.05%
- English as an additional language
- 4.9%
- Overall absence
- 7.19%
- Persistent absence
- 25.88%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Mersey Drive Community Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Manchester
-
Unsworth Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Bury
-
Sunny Bank Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Bury
-
All Saints Church of England Primary School, Stand0.6 miles
Primary · Manchester
-
St Bernadette's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Manchester
Other schools in Bury
Bury and Whitefield Jewish Primary School ranks 25th of the 32 ranked primary schools in Bury.
- 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
- Hazlehurst Primary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Bury and Whitefield Jewish Primary School teach?
- Bury and Whitefield Jewish Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Bury.
- Who is the headteacher of Bury and Whitefield Jewish Primary School?
- The headteacher of Bury and Whitefield Jewish Primary School is Mrs Melanie Kobak, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Bury and Whitefield Jewish Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Bury and Whitefield Jewish 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 Bury and Whitefield Jewish Primary School?
- Bury and Whitefield Jewish Primary School has 103 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Bury and Whitefield Jewish Primary School full?
- Bury and Whitefield Jewish Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 103 on roll (49%), 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 Bury and Whitefield Jewish Primary School a faith school?
- Yes. Bury and Whitefield Jewish Primary School is designated Jewish.
- Does Bury and Whitefield Jewish Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Bury and Whitefield Jewish Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Bury and Whitefield Jewish Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 71% in 2022/23 and 56% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Bury and Whitefield Jewish Primary School compare with other schools in Bury?
- Bury and Whitefield Jewish Primary School ranked 43rd of 55 primary schools in Bury for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 31% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Bury and Whitefield Jewish Primary School's absence rate?
- Bury and Whitefield Jewish Primary School's overall absence rate is 7.2% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Bury and Whitefield Jewish Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Bury and Whitefield Jewish 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 15 July 2026.