Mersey Drive Community Primary School
Community school in Manchester, Bury.
School details
| Phase | Primary |
|---|---|
| Type | Community school |
| Age range | 3 to 11 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Sixth form | Does not have a sixth form |
| Pupils on roll | 203 (school census 15-01-2026) |
| Capacity | 236 |
| Free school meals | 44.10% |
| Local authority | Bury |
| Address | Mersey Drive, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 8LN |
| Map | View on Google Maps |
| Website | www.merseydriveprimary.org.uk |
| Telephone | 01617666298 |
| URN | 105299 |
Ofsted inspection
Latest graded inspection under the previous framework (Education Inspection Framework), started 21 May 2024, published 26 June 2024:
| Overall effectiveness | Good |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years provision | Good |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
Latest ungraded inspection: 14 March 2023, outcome: School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next.
Read the Ofsted reports for this school
Ofsted stopped giving single-word overall effectiveness grades in September 2024 and introduced report cards from November 2025. Older grades are shown with their dates and may not reflect the school today.
Nearby schools
- Bury and Whitefield Jewish Primary School (primary school, about 0.5 km)
- Unsworth Primary School (primary school, about 0.6 km)
- St Michael's Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy (primary school, about 0.8 km)
- Ribble Drive Community Primary School (primary school, about 1.0 km)
- All Saints Church of England Primary School, Stand (primary school, about 1.1 km)
- Sunny Bank Primary School (primary school, about 1.2 km)
- St Margaret's Church of England Primary School (primary school, about 1.3 km)
- St Bernadette's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy (primary school, about 1.3 km)
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