Foulds Avenue, Bury, Lancashire BL8 2SF
10 reasons to choose Chantlers Primary School
Top line
Chantlers Primary School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 70. It is one of the best state primary schools in Bury and one of the 6 best independent or state primaries within 3 miles.
School fundamentals
Chantlers Primary School is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 3 and 11 years. It is a community school. The school was also rated as Good by Ofsted in its last (2010) inspection. Reception places are usually oversubscribed every year, on first preference.
Average class size
Chantlers Primary School typically has one class per year, and an average class size of 33 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that Chantlers Primary School ranks in the top 9% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 10% of schools.
The Chantlers Primary School curriculum
School curriculum also includes PSHE, French. Subjects are taught separately, with some cross-curricular linking when appropriate. The school offers each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers and Forest School for all year groups.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.
Sport at Chantlers Primary School
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Chantlers Primary School
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Out of school hours care from 7.45am to 5.30pm provided by an external contractor.
Find another school near Chantlers Primary School
Bury Grammar Primary School (0.9 miles); Prestwich Preparatory School (5.6 miles).
Tottington Primary School (2.5 miles); St Brendan’s Roman Catholic Primary School, Harwood, Bolton (2.6 miles); All Saints Church of England Primary School, Stand (2.9 miles).
Bury Grammar School (1 mile); Bolton School (5.9 miles).
St Gabriel’s RC High School (1.5 miles); Bury Church of England High School (1.7 miles); Canon Slade CofE School (4.4 miles).