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Greenmount Primary School

PrimaryAges 4–11Academy

Ramsbottom, BL8 4HD · Bury local authority

Ramsbottom’s School Grade B+ better than 72% of towns in England

Its letter
79%
of England’s primaries have lower KS2 results
Getting in
24/24
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
229 pupils
93% of its 245 places
Free school meals
5%
5 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Greenmount Primary School

  • Its own letter, A−: Key Stage 2 results better than 79% of England’s primary schools
  • 73% meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 11 points above England’s schools
  • 5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Inspected, December 2024 (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (24 of 24)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (BL8 4) sold for a median £357,500; Ramsbottom’s is £277,500

Results

DfE · Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths 73%

Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 79% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Bury avg 63%

0%20%40%60%80%100%England avg 61.6%Greenmount Primary 73%

Each subject, 2025

Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 108, maths 107 (100 = the expected standard)

Reading92%
England’s schools 77%
Writing (teacher assessed)83%
England’s schools 73%
Maths83%
England’s schools 75%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling92%
England’s schools 74%
Reached the higher standard in all three6%
England’s schools 8% · Bury 8% · 2025

These results were published under the school’s predecessor (URN 105301), before it converted or merged. 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.

Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Greenmount Primary School?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

24
families put it first for September 2026
24
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered
Red figures: first choices not offered a place

Years when some first choices missed out: 2019 (3), 2023 (7). 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. The Keep Learning Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through Bury council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Ramsbottom, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places

1.27 per place
79% got their first choice
1.05 per place
93% got their first choice
1.00 per place
88% got their first choice
Greenmount Primary
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
0.84 per place
100% got their first choice
0.75 per place
100% got their first choice

Ramsbottom and Bury, side by side

2023–2025

All 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.

35%44%53%62%71%80%10%20%30%40%50%60%Pupils eligible for free school meals →KS2 expected standard →St Andrew's CofE Primary School, RamsbottomEmmanuel Holcombe CofEPeel BrowGreenmount
ABCDElsewhere in BuryGreenmount Primary
Show as a table
SchoolLetterFree school mealsKS2 expected standard
Chantlers Primary SchoolA+9%90%
Emmanuel Holcombe Church of England Primary SchoolA+2%83%
Sunny Bank Primary SchoolA7%80%
Greenhill Primary SchoolA9%79%
Gorsefield Primary SchoolA57%76%
St Bernadette's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyA4%76%
Old Hall Primary SchoolA21%76%
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, HawkshawA−6%75%
Yesoiday Hatorah Boys AcademyA−1%75%
Christ Church CofE Primary SchoolA−9%73%
Unsworth Primary SchoolA−14%73%
Greenmount Primary SchoolA−5%73%
St Margaret's Church of England Primary SchoolB+10%70%
Holly Mount Roman Catholic Primary School, BuryB+6%70%
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Ramsbottom, a Voluntary AcademyB+15%70%
Elton Community Primary SchoolB+36%69%
Park View Primary SchoolB+17%68%
Our Lady of Grace RC Primary SchoolB8%67%
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, RamsbottomB12%66%
Sedgley Park Community Primary SchoolB25%65%
St Thomas Church of England Primary SchoolB−25%64%
Heaton Park Primary SchoolB−17%64%
Hollins Grundy Primary SchoolB−17%63%
St Mary's Church of England Aided Primary School, PrestwichB−10%63%
East Ward Community Primary SchoolB−55%63%
Yesoiday Hatorah Girls AcademyB−2%63%
Cams Lane Primary SchoolB−27%63%
Lowercroft Primary SchoolB−5%62%
St Hilda's Church of England Primary SchoolB−20%62%
Tottington Primary SchoolB−10%62%
Bury and Whitefield Jewish Primary SchoolC+21%60%
Woodbank Primary SchoolC+25%60%
St Peter's Church of England Primary SchoolC+34%59%
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, RadcliffeC+18%59%
St Luke's CofE Primary SchoolC+27%59%
Higher Lane Primary SchoolC+17%59%
All Saints Church of England Primary School, StandC17%57%
Radcliffe Hall Church of England Methodist Primary SchoolC47%57%
St Joseph and St Bede RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyC28%57%
Butterstile Primary SchoolC23%57%
Whitefield Community Primary SchoolC43%57%
Springside Primary SchoolC20%56%
Mersey Drive Community Primary SchoolC44%55%
Chapelfield Primary SchoolC34%55%
Wesley Methodist Primary SchoolC21%54%
Radcliffe Primary SchoolC−49%53%
St John's Church of England Primary School, RadcliffeC−53%53%
Ribble Drive Community Primary SchoolC−55%52%
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyC−24%52%
Holy Trinity Primary SchoolC−37%49%
Peel Brow SchoolC−43%49%
Summerseat Methodist Primary SchoolC−16%48%
St John with St Mark CofE Primary SchoolD−31%36%
Its letter

Greenmount Primary School’s letter

Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.

Primary: KS2 reading, writing and maths A−Better than 79% of 15,230 schools
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.

A+ 95+A 85–94A− 75–84B+ 65–74B 55–64B− 45–54C+ 35–44C 25–34C− 15–24D 5–14D− 0–4

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

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained, December 2024.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Greenmount Primary School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in BL8 4, the school’s postcode sector

Ramsbottom property prices →
£357,500
median sale, 184 sales in 36 months · Ramsbottom £277,500

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K£300K£350K£400K2010201520202025BL8 4Ramsbottom
BL8 4Ramsbottom

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£450K
Semi-detached
£320K
Terraced
£238K
Flat
£215K
BL8 4Ramsbottom

Homes in BL8 4 sell for well over 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

13 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNBA+A−B+DB−B+C−B+A+AA−C−A−Greenmount Primary School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Ramsbottom, BL8 4HD

Greenmount Primary School: common questions

Is Greenmount Primary School a good school?

By its published results, well above average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 79% of England’s primary schools (its letter is A−), with 73% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Inspected, December 2024.

How hard is it to get into Greenmount Primary School?

For September 2026, 24 families put Greenmount Primary School first and all of them were offered a place; 24 places were offered in all.

What is Greenmount Primary School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Inspected (December 2024).

How much do houses cost near Greenmount Primary School?

Homes in its postcode sector, BL8 4, sold for a median £357,500 over the 36 months to August 2026 (184 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.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.