Bridge Road, Bury, Lancashire BL9 0HH
10 reasons to choose Bury Grammar Primary School
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Bury Grammar Primary School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 81. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Bury and one of the 3 best primary schools for 1 mile.
School fundamentals
Bury Grammar Primary School is an independent prep day school for girls between the ages of 3 and 11 years. It has a co-ed nursery and infants. The school has an academically selective admissions policy from Year 3. It is the junior division of Bury Grammar School, an all-through school to age 18. Bury Grammar Primary School fees are £4,178 per term (2025/26). Fees include VAT but exclude lunches.
Average class size
Bury Grammar Primary School has two classes per year rising to three and an average class size of 20 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
Most Bury Grammar Primary School pupils transfer to one of the senior schools at the end of Year 6 without needing to sit an entrance exam.
The Bury Grammar Primary School curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and also includes PSHE, French, Spanish. Subjects other than maths and English are taught thematically with an ‘enquiry-driven approach’. The school offers each pupil between 5 and 10 different extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers and residential trips from Year 4.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music, languages and computing throughout.
Sport at Bury Grammar Primary School
School offers over 15 different sports through the year, through both the curriculum and extra-curriculum. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3. In recent years the school has enjoyed national success in football, swimming.
The Arts at Bury Grammar Primary School
Art, music and drama are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. All pupils learn an instrument in class and two-thirds take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Choir, orchestra and some instrument ensembles. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 7.30am to 6.00pm.
Find another school near Bury Grammar Primary School
Prestwich Preparatory School (4.6 miles); Beech House School, Preparatory (6.6 miles); Bolton School Junior Boys’ (7.1 miles).
Chantlers Primary School (0.9 miles); Lowercroft Primary School (1.7 miles); Tottington Primary School (1.9 miles).
Bury Grammar School (0 miles); Beech House School (6.6 miles); Bolton School (7.1 miles).
St Gabriel’s RC High School (0.2 miles); Bury Church of England High School (0.5 miles); Parrenthorn High School (4.7 miles).