St John with St Mark CofE Primary School | Primary in Bury | Ofsted & DfE

43%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

366

Pupils · 2024/25

37%

EAL · 2024/25

16%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

43%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

366

Pupils · 2024/25

37%

EAL · 2024/25

16%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

43%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

366

Pupils · 2024/25

37%

EAL · 2024/25

16%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 23/11/2022

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityBury

PhasePrimary

School typeMaintained school

Pupil : teacher ratio22.5:1

AdmissionsNon-selective

Religious characterChurch of England

StatusOpen

Overview of St John with St Mark CofE Primary School · Primary · Bury

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

43%

+15pp

46%37%28%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 43%

RWM higher standard

+2pp

2%1%0%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 2%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

67%

Reading higher standard

24%

Writing expected standard

51%

Writing higher standard

Maths expected standard

67%

Maths higher standard

14%

Science expected standard

69%

SPAG expected standard

71%

SPAG higher standard

25%

Reading scaled score

104.0

Maths scaled score

104.0

GPS scaled score

105.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

366

Pupil : teacher ratio

22.5

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

37%

FSM eligible

34%

SEN

23%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

16%

Contact

Address

Athlone Avenue, Bury, BL9 5EE

Local authority

Bury

Website

www.stjohnwithstmark.org.uk/

Telephone

01617645330

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	43%	2%	67%	24%	51%	4%	67%	14%	69%	71%	104.0	104.0	105.0	—	—	—	23%	366
2023/24	28%	0%	57%	11%	33%	0%	48%	4%	43%	57%	101.0	99.0	102.0	—	—	—	26%	358
2022/23	37%	2%	50%	13%	52%	4%	54%	7%	63%	67%	102.0	102.0	103.0	-1.30	-1.30	-1.00	24%	338
2018/19	46%	0%	59%	17%	59%	2%	85%	2%	59%	78%	102.0	103.0	106.0	+0.70	-2.50	+0.10	36%	329
2017/18	28%	0%	44%	5%	46%	3%	59%	8%	56%	72%	100.0	101.0	103.0	+0.50	-1.80	+2.10	24%	327
2016/17	25%	0%	43%	10%	33%	0%	63%	10%	63%	80%	99.0	101.0	105.0	+0.50	-3.20	+1.40	11%	341

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	366	24.9	23%	37%	34%	6%	16%
2023/24	358	23.2	26%	38%	35%	8%	30%
2022/23	338	20.6	24%	44%	38%	8%	24%
2021/22	331	19.0	37%	54%	39%	8%	25%
2020/21	335	19.9	31%	54%	36%	—	—
2018/19	329	20.4	36%	54%	33%	5%	11%
2017/18	327	18.2	24%	58%	36%	5%	10%
2016/17	341	20.9	11%	66%	37%	5%	16%