Primary
Bury and Whitefield Jewish Primary School
Parr Lane, Unsworth, Bury, BL9 8JT
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 103 of 210 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.6
- Local authority
- Bury
- Religious character
- Yes
- Nursery
- Yes
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 6.6
- All staff (FTE)
- 12.5
- Pupils per adult
- 8.8
- Pupils
- 110
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected May 2026
- AchievementExpected standard
- Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
- Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
- Early yearsStrong standard
- InclusionStrong standard
- Leadership and governanceExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
March 2022
Previous framework
Good
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
March 2018
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
SATs results
56%
9 points below the Bury average (65% across 57 schools)
109.0
3.0 above the Bury average (106.0 across 57 schools)
45th of 57 by our score, among the primary schools in Bury we can score - 68 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 104 |
| Average reading score | 109 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 56% |
| Working at a higher standard | 11% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 71% |
| 23/24 | 58% |
| 24/25 | 56% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 108.0 |
| 23/24 | 104.0 |
| 24/25 | 109.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 110.0 |
| 23/24 | 105.0 |
| 24/25 | 104.0 |
Parr Lane, Unsworth, Bury, BL9 8JT
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Bury admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Melanie Kobak
- Address
- Parr Lane, Unsworth, Bury, BL9 8JT
- Telephone
- 01617662888
Other primary schools nearby
- Mersey Drive Community Primary School5.6/10
- Unsworth Primary School7.0/10
- Sunny Bank Primary School7.5/10
- All Saints Church of England Primary School, Stand5.8/10
- St Bernadette's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy6.6/10
- St Michael's Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy4.6/10