Academy converter · Primary
Bury · BL0 9JJ · Bury
Ages 3–11
Status: Open
0.3 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 105338
Emmanuel Holcombe Church of England Primary School
Voluntary aided school · Bury · BL8 4PA
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 3–11
Pupils
115
Local authority
Bury
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed voluntary aided school (primary), Ages 3–11, in Bury, Bury, 115 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 1.7%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Manchester.
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Overview
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 105338
Location
- Address
- Helmshore Road, Holcombe
- Postcode
- BL8 4PA
- Town
- Bury
- County
- Lancashire
- Local authority
- Bury
- District
- Bury
- Constituency
- Bury North
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 115
- Boys / girls
- 63 / 52
- School capacity
- 118
- Capacity fill
- 115 / 118 (97%)
- Free school meals
- 1.7%
- FSM pupils
- 2
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Manchester
- Governance
- Voluntary aided school
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Amy Longstaff
- Telephone
- 01706823498
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2024-03-26
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 88%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 13%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 109.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 107.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 106.0
Absence
Pupil absence rates from DfE pupil absence in schools in England. Persistent absence means 10% or more of sessions missed; severe absence means 50% or more. Lower figures are better.
Academic year 2023/24
Overall absence
4.4%
Persistent absence
7.1%
Unauthorised
0.8%
- Authorised absence
- 3.6%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 84
Recent years
- 2022/23
- Overall 4.2% · Persistent 2.4%
- 2021/22
- Overall 5.6% · Persistent 13.2%