Moorside Road, Tottington, Bury, Lancashire BL8 3HR
10 reasons to choose Tottington Primary School
Top line
Tottington Primary School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 71. 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
Tottington Primary School is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 3 and 11 years. It is an academy converter. The school is one of the 5 members of Prestolee Multi Academy Trust. The school was also rated as Good by Ofsted in its last (2024) inspection. Reception places are usually oversubscribed every year, on first preference.
Average class size
Tottington Primary School has nine classes from Reception, some mixed-age, and an average class size of 30 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that Tottington Primary School ranks in the top 4% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 14% of schools.
The Tottington Primary School curriculum
School curriculum also includes PSHE, Spanish. Subjects are taught separately. 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 for Years 3 to 6.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.
Sport at Tottington Primary School
School offers PE and up to 10 seasonal sports. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Tottington 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 5.45pm.
Find another school near Tottington Primary School
Bury Grammar Primary School (1.9 miles); Prestwich Preparatory School (6.8 miles).
St Mary’s Church of England Primary School, Hawkshaw (1.9 miles); St Brendan’s Roman Catholic Primary School, Harwood, Bolton (2 miles); Chantlers Primary School (2.5 miles).
Bury Grammar School (2 miles); Bolton School (6.3 miles).
St Gabriel’s RC High School (2.7 miles); Bury Church of England High School (2.9 miles); Canon Slade CofE School (4.2 miles).