Bury and Rochdale Old Road, Heywood, Lancashire OL10 4BB
10 reasons to choose St Michael's Church of England Primary School, Bamford
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St Michael’s Church of England Primary School, Bamford has a Schoolsmith Score® of 70. It is one of the best state primary schools in Heywood and one of the 3 best independent or state primaries within 2 miles.
School fundamentals
St Michael’s Church of England Primary School, Bamford is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 3 and 11 years. It is a Church of England voluntary aided faith school. The school was also rated as Outstanding by Ofsted in its last (2024) inspection. It is one of the 5 most oversubscribed state primary schools for first preference Reception place applications in the Rochdale LEA.
Average class size
St Michael’s Church of England Primary School, Bamford has one class per year, and an average class size of 30 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that St Michael’s Church of England Primary School, Bamford ranks in the top 5% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 7% of schools.
The St Michael's Church of England Primary School, Bamford curriculum
School curriculum emphasises Christian social morality and also includes PSHE, French. Most subjects are taught separately, but humanities, art and DT are taught as cross-curricular topics. 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 a residential trip in Year 6.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with specialist teaching for music.
Sport at St Michael's Church of England Primary School, Bamford
School offers PE and up to 10 seasonal sports. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at St Michael's Church of England Primary School, Bamford
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. There may be some occasional extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Out of school hours care from 7.45am to 6.00pm provided by an external contractor.
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