Cams Lane Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Mixed · Bury
Cams Lane, Manchester, M26 3SW
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
94%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
93.9%
17.3% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
204
Capacity used
Nearly full97%
210 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Primary entry · official council applications and offers
94%
1st preference success rate
29 of 31 families who put it first got an offer
30
Places offered
57
Total applications
1.9
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 31 | 29 | ● 94% |
| 2nd preference | 13 | 1 | ● 8% |
| 3rd preference | 13 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 57 | 30 | 53% |
Bury lets families list 3 preferences. Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Marie Statham
- Address
- Cams Lane, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 3SW
- Phone
- 01617248018
- Local authority
- Bury
- Ward / constituency
- Radcliffe West · Bury South
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 150486
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 27% | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | — | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: THE COLLECTIVE COMMUNITY TRUST
204 pupils · 210 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 20
05 March 2020
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 179 pupils
Attendance
93.9%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
6.1%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
17.3%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
2.2%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.2%
Absences the school didn't approve
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
Primary results by subject (SATs)
Year 6 pupils meeting each standard, against England
Reading, writing & maths combined
Reading
Writing
Maths
Grammar, punctuation & spelling
Science
England average · Scaled scores run 80–120 (100 = expected standard).
Primary results over time
Expected standard (RWM) by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Expected standard (RWM) | 61% | 61% |
| Higher standard | 4% | 8% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.