East Ward Community Primary School
Willow Street, Bury, BL9 7QZ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- VISION MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Kathryn Mort
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Vision Multi Academy Trust
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Bury North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 474
- URN
- 144572
- Local authority
- Bury
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01617646065
About this school
East Ward Community Primary School is a primary academy in Bury. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 474 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school 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
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong 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 | 62 | 57 | 58 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 61% | 65% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 8% | 4% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 76% | 74% | 69% |
| Expected standard in maths | 79% | 74% | 76% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 71% | 65% | 72% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 106.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 105.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +2.40 | - | - |
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 East Ward Community 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 | 61% | 58.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 65% | 63% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 62% | 63.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 455 |
| 2023/24 | 464 |
| 2024/25 | 476 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How East Ward Community Primary School compares
East Ward Community Primary School ranked 36th of 55 primary schools in Bury for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 45% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 41% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 62% | 5.8% | 55.3% | 474 | — |
| St Thomas Church of England Primary School | 66% | 5.5% | 23.1% | 459 | 0.4 miles |
| St Paul's Church of England Primary School | 43% | 6.2% | 64.3% | 184 | 0.4 miles |
| St Joseph and St Bede RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | 64% | 5.1% | 26.2% | 342 | 0.6 miles |
| Fairfield Community Primary School | — | — | — | — | 0.6 miles |
| Heap Bridge Village Primary School | — | 4.8% | 27.4% | 170 | 0.6 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)
- 55.28%
- English as an additional language
- 39.3%
- Overall absence
- 5.83%
- Persistent absence
- 15.54%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Thomas Church of England Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Bury
-
St Paul's Church of England Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Bury
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St Joseph and St Bede RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Bury
-
Fairfield Community Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Bury
-
Heap Bridge Village Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Bury
Other schools in Bury
East Ward Community Primary School ranks 23rd 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
- 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 year groups does East Ward Community Primary School teach?
- East Ward Community Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Bury.
- Who is the headteacher of East Ward Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of East Ward Community Primary School is Mrs Kathryn Mort, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was East Ward Community Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected East Ward Community 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 big is East Ward Community Primary School?
- East Ward Community Primary School has 474 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is East Ward Community Primary School full?
- East Ward Community Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 474 on roll (113%), so it is at or above 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 East Ward Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. East Ward Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does East Ward Community Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records East Ward Community Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs East Ward Community Primary School?
- East Ward Community Primary School is part of VISION MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does East Ward Community Primary School have?
- The schools register lists East Ward Community Primary School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have East Ward Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 61% in 2022/23 and 62% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does East Ward Community Primary School rank locally?
- East Ward Community Primary School ranked 36th of 55 primary schools in Bury for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 45% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 41% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is East Ward Community Primary School's absence rate?
- East Ward Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.8% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are East Ward Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, East Ward Community 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 10 July 2026.