1St Joseph and St Bede RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Bury · ages 3 to 11 · URN150176
342 pupils / 340 at Arnold Mill Primary and Nursery School2025/26 · Academic year
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KS2 cohort: 44 eligible pupils. DfE KS2 · 2024/25 · Academic year · Final · source 2026-05-21
- Free school meals: 0.7 percentage points lower
- First language other than English: 1.2 percentage points lower
- SEND: 3.13 percentage points higher
- 2 more pupils
Sources, Ofsted & match details
- Report card inspection · inspected 14 July 2026 · published 23 September 2026 · monthly file dated 30 September 2026
Safeguarding standards: Met; Inclusion: Expected standard; Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Early years: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Graded inspection (previous framework) · inspected 20 April 2022 · published 22 June 2022 · recorded under URN 105336 · monthly file dated 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good; Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Good; Safeguarding is effective: Yes; Early years: Good
Matching score and calculation
Score 0.003. A lower score means more similar pupil context. It is not a school rating or a percentage.
- FSM eligible (current eligibility): difference 0.7 percentage points; weight 45%; contribution 0.00315.
- First language other than English: difference 1.2 percentage points; weight 25%; contribution 0.00300.
- SEN support and EHC plans (derived percentage): difference 3.13 percentage points; weight 20%; contribution 0.00626.
- Total pupils: difference 2 pupils; weight 10%; contribution 0.00058.
- region: no matching bonus; contribution 0.00000.
- faith: no matching bonus; contribution 0.00000.
- governance: same published context; contribution -0.01000.