Primary school admissions

Thank you for your application. In light of the Covid 19 pandemic, Bury Council has postponed all in-year and transfer appeals scheduled to be held in April/May 2020. This will be regularly reviewed in conjunction with expected updated guidance from the Department for Education.
Please continue to submit any appeals and the appeals team will log and action these submissions when guidance does become available from the DFE.

National Offer Day is 16 April, if you applied online you will receive an email in the morning of the 16^th, if you applied via a paper form or over the telephone, please could you ring the Admissions Team on 0161 253 6474 or email them at admissions@bury.gov.uk to receive your results from 16^th April.

Apply online/ login about a school place

Useful information before making your application

To be able to apply for a place in a Bury School, you must be resident in Bury. If you live outside Bury, you must apply through your home authority.

 Admissions to Primary School Guide 2020 [1012kb]
details the admissions process and should give you all the information you need along with our frequently asked questions

Search for details and results for Nursery and Primary Schools
Search for childcare and school nurseries in our Bury Directory

Further information

These pages are intended as a guide to the policies and procedures of the Local Authority (LA). Please note that:

• Bury Council does not fund places in independent schools.

• Details of primary schools and local authority nurseries in Bury can be found from the list of Primary Schools

• Certain schools need additional information to apply their admissions criteria and may require you to also complete a Supplementary Information Form from the school's website.

• The Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted) publishes inspection reports Reports Ofsted - Inspection reports for each school.

• Ofsted is changing how it inspects and reports on schools, read about the changes at Ofsted changes to school inspections

• Organising travel to and from school on public transport can be done via the Transport for Greater Manchester website. Transport for Greater Manchester

• Information on tram services is available on the Metrolink website or at main Metrolink stations.

• Links to neighbouring authorities can be found below:

  • Bolton Council admissions
  • Lancashire County Council admissions
  • Salford City Council - admissions
  • Rochdale Council - admissions

Downloads

Breakdown of how reception places have been allocated 2020 [155kb]

Common application form for reception classes [167kb]

Admissions to Primary School Guide 2020 [1012kb]

Admissions Policy for Community and Voluntary Controlled Primary Schools for September 2020 [122kb]

Admission arrangements for Academies 2020 [63kb]

Details of Bury Primary Schools [263kb]

Guide to Admission Policies for Voluntary Aided and Foundation Schools 2020 [685kb]

Historical Community Primary schools allocation information [458kb]

Historical Voluntary Aided and Foundation Primary schools allocation information [256kb]

Supplementary information form for Christ Church Primary School (Walshaw) [313kb]

Supplementary information form for Guardian Angels' RC Primary School [86kb]

Supplementary information form for St Andrew's CE Primary School (Radcliffe) [357kb]

Supplementary information form for St Bernadette's RC Primary School [108kb]

Supplementary information form for St Joseph and St Bede Catholic Primary School [84kb]

Supplementary information form for St Joseph's RC Primary School [497kb]

Supplementary information form for St Mary's CE Primary School (Prestwich) [89kb]

Supplementary information form for St Mary's RC Primary School (Radcliffe) [102kb]

Supplementary information form for Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School [250kb]

Reception Appeal Form [40kb]

Admission appeal statistics [102kb]