Bury schools and admissions data

Bury Borough Council has 69 primary schools and 24 secondary schools. 7% of Bury's schools are private schools. 23 state schools in Bury follow the local authority's admissions criteria, while 60 set their own.

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Ofsted ratings
in Bury

  1. Outstanding 8
  2. Good 43
  3. Requires Improvement 7
  4. Inadequate 6

Most popular state schools
in Bury in 2019

  1. Primary
  2. Secondary
  1. 1

    Sunny Bank Primary School

    Academy converter • Bury

    Ofsted: Good

  2. 2

    Chantlers Primary School

    Community school • Bury

    Ofsted: Good

  3. 3

    St Mary's Church of England Aided Primary School, Prestwich

    Voluntary aided school • Prestwich, Manchester

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  4. 4

    Fairfield Community Primary School

    Community school • Bury

    Ofsted: Good

  5. 5

    St Marie's Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury

    Voluntary aided school • The Mosses, Bury

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  6. 6

    Tottington Primary School

    Academy converter • Tottington, Bury

    Ofsted: Good

  7. 7

    Higher Lane Primary School

    Academy converter • Whitefield, Manchester

    Ofsted: Good

  8. 8

    Lowercroft Primary School

    Community school • Bury

    Ofsted: Good

  9. 9

    Wesley Methodist Primary School

    Academy converter • Radcliffe, Manchester

    Ofsted: Good

  10. 10

    Chapelfield Primary School

    Community school • Radcliffe, Manchester

    Ofsted: Good

  11. 11

    Guardian Angels Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury

    Voluntary aided school • Elton, Bury

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  12. 12

    Unsworth Primary School

    Academy converter • Unsworth, Bury

    Ofsted: Good

  13. 13

    St Luke's CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school • Bury

    Ofsted: Good

  14. 14

    Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury

    Voluntary aided school • Bury

    Ofsted: Good

  15. 15

    Old Hall Primary School

    Community school • Bury

    Ofsted: Good

  16. 16

    St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Ramsbottom

    Voluntary controlled school • Ramsbottom, Bury

    Ofsted: Good

  17. 17

    Emmanuel Holcombe Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Holcombe, Bury

    Ofsted: Good

  18. 18

    St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Hawkshaw

    Voluntary aided school • Hawkshaw, Bolton Road, Hawkshaw, Bury

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  19. 19

    Holly Mount Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury

    Voluntary aided school • Greenmount, Bury

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  20. 20

    Our Lady of Grace RC Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Prestwich, Manchester

    Ofsted: Good

  1. 1

    The Elton High School

    Community school • Bury

    Ofsted: Good

  2. 2

    The Derby High School

    Community school • Redvales, Lancs

    Ofsted: Good

  3. 3

    Parrenthorn High School

    Community school • Manchester

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  4. 4

    Woodhey High School

    Academy converter • Ramsbottom, Bury

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  5. 5

    Manchester Mesivta School

    Voluntary aided school • Charlton Avenue, Prestwich

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  6. 6

    St Gabriel's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy

    Academy sponsor led • Bury

    Ofsted: Inadequate

  7. 7

    St Monica's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy

    Academy sponsor led • Prestwich, Manchester

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  8. 8

    Unsworth Academy

    Academy sponsor led • Bury

    Ofsted: Good

  9. 9

    Hazel Wood High School

    Academy sponsor led • Bury

    Ofsted: Inadequate

  10. 10

    Tottington High School

    Academy converter • Tottington, Bury

    Ofsted: Good

Popularity is based on the number of first preference applications a school received compared to the number of places available, where we have this data. Where places available data isn't held, first preferences are compared to the number of offers made.

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