Peel Brow School
Fir Street, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 0BJ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- 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
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 94
- URN
- 148867
- Local authority
- Bury
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01706823204
About this school
Peel Brow School is a primary academy in Bury. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 94 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
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- 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 | 31 | 24 | 14 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 35% | 54% | 71% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 0% | 21% |
| Expected standard in reading | 55% | 71% | 86% |
| Expected standard in maths | 42% | 67% | 79% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 52% | 63% | 71% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 100.0 | 103.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 102.0 | 108.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.20 | - | - |
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 Peel Brow 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 | 35% | 58.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 54% | 63% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 71% | 63.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 153 |
| 2023/24 | 130 |
| 2024/25 | 114 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Peel Brow School compares
Peel Brow School ranked 12th of 55 primary schools in Bury for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 68% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 10% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 71% | 9.4% | 44% | 94 | — |
| St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Ramsbottom | 50% | 4.1% | 10.7% | 178 | 0.6 miles |
| St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Ramsbottom, a Voluntary Academy | 65% | 4.4% | 15.3% | 193 | 0.7 miles |
| Emmanuel Holcombe Church of England Primary School | 67% | 3.3% | 5% | 115 | 0.9 miles |
| Ramsbottom Stubbins Primary School | 72% | 3.9% | 10% | 170 | 0.9 miles |
| Hazlehurst Primary Academy | 90% | 2.5% | 6.9% | 156 | 1.1 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)
- 44%
- English as an additional language
- 5.3%
- Overall absence
- 9.36%
- Persistent absence
- 32.98%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Ramsbottom0.6 miles
Primary · Bury
- 0.7 miles
-
Emmanuel Holcombe Church of England Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Bury
-
Ramsbottom Stubbins Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Bury
-
Hazlehurst Primary Academy1.1 miles
Primary · Bury
Other schools in Bury
Peel Brow School ranks 10th 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 year groups does Peel Brow School teach?
- Peel Brow School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Bury.
- Who is the headteacher of Peel Brow School?
- The headteacher of Peel Brow School is Mrs Kathryn Mort, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Peel Brow School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Peel Brow 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 Peel Brow School?
- Peel Brow School has 94 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Peel Brow School full?
- Peel Brow School has capacity for 210 pupils and 94 on roll (45%), 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 Peel Brow School a faith school?
- No. Peel Brow School has no designated religious character.
- Does Peel Brow School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Peel Brow School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Peel Brow School?
- Peel Brow 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 Peel Brow School have?
- The schools register lists Peel Brow 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 Peel Brow School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 35% in 2022/23 and 71% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Peel Brow School rank locally?
- Peel Brow School ranked 12th of 55 primary schools in Bury for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 68% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 10% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Peel Brow School's absence rate?
- Peel Brow School's overall absence rate is 9.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Peel Brow School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Peel Brow 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.