Canon Burrows CofE Primary School
General Information
- Address: Oldham Road, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL7 9ND – View on map
- Phone: 01613304755
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Miss Suzanne Fildes
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 53 families put it first for 55 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 2 of the 55 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 11 · 2024 10 · 2025 9 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 107
- % eligible for free school meals: 25.8%
- Pupil mix: 6 in 10 (more mixed than the Tameside average)
- English as an additional language: 18% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 6.9% a year (Tameside 12.5%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
- Where they went: about 17% moved to another school, 83% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. "Low turnover" means it's among the quarter of similar schools in England where teachers are most likely to stay.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Tameside: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 6 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Tameside, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 4.5%
- Persistently absent pupils: 8.7%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 15.1%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 37 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 13 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 7 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 3 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 11 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 64% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 5% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: in line with the Tameside average (62%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 65% against an expected 59%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 65%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 78% · Writing 76% · Maths 71% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 78%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 103
- Based on: 59 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 25th of 58 junior and primary schools in the area
- =23Oasis Academy Broadoak65%
- =23Stalyhill Junior School65%
- =25Canon Burrows CofE Primary School64%
- =25Endeavour Primary Academy64%
- =27Ashton West End Primary Academy63%
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9th of 60 primary schools in Tameside for Ofsted rating
- #7Broadbent Fold Primary School and NurseryGood
- #8Broadbottom Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #9Canon Burrows CofE Primary SchoolGood
- #10Canon Johnson CofE Primary SchoolGood
- #11Corrie Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,241 (2024-25)
46th of 67 primary schools in Tameside for spending per pupil
- #44Manchester Road Primary Academy£6,261
- #45Moorside Primary School£6,247
- #46Canon Burrows CofE Primary School£6,241
- #47Gorse Hall Primary and Nursery School£6,146
- #48Holden Clough Primary School£6,112
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