St John with St Mark CofE Primary School

Athlone Avenue, Bury, BL9 5EE

357 pupils · 99% of 362 capacity

Phase
Primary
Type
Voluntary controlled school
Ages
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Admissions
Non-selective
Local authority
Bury
Free school meals
31.4%

Ofsted

Good (2022)Ungraded inspection — “School remains Good” (previous grade confirmed, not re-graded)

This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.

Inspected 23 November 2022, published 15 January 2023. Read the full Ofsted report

England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.

Exam results

Measure2024/25
Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths43%
Reaching the higher standard2%

Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.

Will my child get in?

Usually has places available 0.91 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)

Applications and offers by entry year
EntryPlaces1st preferencesTotal preferencesOffers
Sept 2026 entry43395939
Sept 2025 entry35354935
Sept 2024 entry42375538
Sept 2023 entry43415943
Sept 2022 entry44425844
Sept 2021 entry16152515
Sept 2020 entry38365437
Sept 2019 entry38284932

First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.

Nearby alternatives

Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.

Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.