St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Ramsbottom, a Voluntary Academy
Ramsbottom, BL0 9JJ · Bury local authority
Ramsbottom’s School Grade B+ better than 72% of towns in England
What stands out about St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Ramsbottom, a Voluntary Academy
- Its own letter, B+: Key Stage 2 results better than 72% of England’s primary schools
- 70% meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 8 points above England’s schools
- 15% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
- Ofsted: Good, November 2023 (shown, not graded)
- Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (20 of 20)
- Homes in its postcode sector (BL0 9) sold for a median £267,500; Ramsbottom’s is £277,500
Results
DfE · Key Stage 2Reading, writing and maths 70%
Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 72% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Bury avg 63%
Each subject, 2025
Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 106, maths 106 (100 = the expected standard)
England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.
How hard is it to get a place at St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Ramsbottom, a Voluntary Academy?
Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.
Years when some first choices missed out: 2023 (1). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. St Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Academy Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through Bury council’s coordinated admissions.
Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places
100% got their first choice
Ramsbottom and Bury, side by side
2023–2025All 53 graded primaries in Bury. Schools with more pupils on free school meals usually score lower, so a school above the crowd for its free school meals is doing better than its intake predicts. Ramsbottom’s schools are coloured by their letter.
Show as a table
| School | Letter | Free school meals | KS2 expected standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chantlers Primary School | A+ | 9% | 90% |
| Emmanuel Holcombe Church of England Primary School | A+ | 2% | 83% |
| Sunny Bank Primary School | A | 7% | 80% |
| Greenhill Primary School | A | 9% | 79% |
| Gorsefield Primary School | A | 57% | 76% |
| St Bernadette's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | A | 4% | 76% |
| Old Hall Primary School | A | 21% | 76% |
| St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Hawkshaw | A− | 6% | 75% |
| Yesoiday Hatorah Boys Academy | A− | 1% | 75% |
| Christ Church CofE Primary School | A− | 9% | 73% |
| Unsworth Primary School | A− | 14% | 73% |
| Greenmount Primary School | A− | 5% | 73% |
| St Margaret's Church of England Primary School | B+ | 10% | 70% |
| Holly Mount Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury | B+ | 6% | 70% |
| St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Ramsbottom, a Voluntary Academy | B+ | 15% | 70% |
| Elton Community Primary School | B+ | 36% | 69% |
| Park View Primary School | B+ | 17% | 68% |
| Our Lady of Grace RC Primary School | B | 8% | 67% |
| St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Ramsbottom | B | 12% | 66% |
| Sedgley Park Community Primary School | B | 25% | 65% |
| St Thomas Church of England Primary School | B− | 25% | 64% |
| Heaton Park Primary School | B− | 17% | 64% |
| Hollins Grundy Primary School | B− | 17% | 63% |
| St Mary's Church of England Aided Primary School, Prestwich | B− | 10% | 63% |
| East Ward Community Primary School | B− | 55% | 63% |
| Yesoiday Hatorah Girls Academy | B− | 2% | 63% |
| Cams Lane Primary School | B− | 27% | 63% |
| Lowercroft Primary School | B− | 5% | 62% |
| St Hilda's Church of England Primary School | B− | 20% | 62% |
| Tottington Primary School | B− | 10% | 62% |
| Bury and Whitefield Jewish Primary School | C+ | 21% | 60% |
| Woodbank Primary School | C+ | 25% | 60% |
| St Peter's Church of England Primary School | C+ | 34% | 59% |
| St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Radcliffe | C+ | 18% | 59% |
| St Luke's CofE Primary School | C+ | 27% | 59% |
| Higher Lane Primary School | C+ | 17% | 59% |
| All Saints Church of England Primary School, Stand | C | 17% | 57% |
| Radcliffe Hall Church of England Methodist Primary School | C | 47% | 57% |
| St Joseph and St Bede RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | C | 28% | 57% |
| Butterstile Primary School | C | 23% | 57% |
| Whitefield Community Primary School | C | 43% | 57% |
| Springside Primary School | C | 20% | 56% |
| Mersey Drive Community Primary School | C | 44% | 55% |
| Chapelfield Primary School | C | 34% | 55% |
| Wesley Methodist Primary School | C | 21% | 54% |
| Radcliffe Primary School | C− | 49% | 53% |
| St John's Church of England Primary School, Radcliffe | C− | 53% | 53% |
| Ribble Drive Community Primary School | C− | 55% | 52% |
| St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy | C− | 24% | 52% |
| Holy Trinity Primary School | C− | 37% | 49% |
| Peel Brow School | C− | 43% | 49% |
| Summerseat Methodist Primary School | C− | 16% | 48% |
| St John with St Mark CofE Primary School | D− | 31% | 36% |
Who goes here
DfE school census, January 2025192 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.
Girls and boys
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Ramsbottom, a Voluntary Academy’s letter
Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.
How school letters are worked out
Each school’s measure is compared with every graded school in England of the same phase: for primaries, the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (DfE’s three-year average); for secondaries, Attainment 8 and the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths, each turned into a z-score against England’s schools and averaged. The letter comes from the share of those schools it beats, in the same bands as every grade on the site. The same method gives U.S. schools their letters, against their own state.
Graded: England’s open mainstream state schools with published results (grammar schools included, which select by test). Not graded: special schools, alternative provision, nurseries, 16–19 colleges, UTCs and studio schools, Welsh schools. Ofsted plays no part.
Ofsted inspections
Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.
Graded inspection: Good, November 2023.
Living near St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Ramsbottom, a Voluntary Academy
For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.
Home prices in BL0 9, the school’s postcode sector
Ramsbottom property prices →Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025
By type, the 36 months to August 2026
Homes in BL0 9 sell for a little under Ramsbottom’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.
Schools within 1.6 miles
9 state schoolsLocation
Directions ↗Ramsbottom, BL0 9JJ
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Ramsbottom, a Voluntary Academy: common questions
Is St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Ramsbottom, a Voluntary Academy a good school?
By its published results, above average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 72% of England’s primary schools (its letter is B+), with 70% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Good, November 2023.
How hard is it to get into St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Ramsbottom, a Voluntary Academy?
For September 2026, 20 families put St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Ramsbottom, a Voluntary Academy first and all of them were offered a place; 23 places were offered in all.
What is St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Ramsbottom, a Voluntary Academy’s Ofsted rating?
Its latest inspection outcome is Good (November 2023).
How much do houses cost near St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Ramsbottom, a Voluntary Academy?
Homes in its postcode sector, BL0 9, sold for a median £267,500 over the 36 months to August 2026 (502 sales).
Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.
A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Ramsbottom’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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