Bury schools and catchments

Bury Borough Council has 70 primary schools and 23 secondary schools. 10% of Bury's schools are private schools. 38 state schools in Bury follow the local authority's admissions criteria, while 43 set their own.

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Ofsted ratings
in Bury

  1. Outstanding 11
  2. Good 52
  3. Requires Improvement 12
  4. Inadequate 5

Most popular state schools
in Bury in 2019

  1. Primary
  2. Secondary
  1. 1

    Tottington Primary School

    Academy converter • Tottington, Bury

    Ofsted: Good

  2. 2

    St Marie's Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury

    Voluntary aided school • The Mosses, Bury

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  3. 3

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

    Voluntary aided school • Prestwich, Manchester

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  4. 4

    Chesham Primary School

    Community school • Bury

    Ofsted: Good

  5. 5

    Sunny Bank Primary School

    Academy converter • Bury

    Ofsted: Good

  6. 6

    Hazlehurst Community Primary School

    Community school • Ramsbottom, Bury

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  7. 7

    Chantlers Primary School

    Community school • Bury

    Ofsted: Good

  8. 8

    Unsworth Primary School

    Academy converter • Unsworth, Bury

    Ofsted: Good

  9. 9

    Hollins Grundy Primary School

    Community school • Off Hollins Lane, Bury

    Ofsted: Good

  10. 10

    Lowercroft Primary School

    Community school • Bury

    Ofsted: Good

  11. 11

    Guardian Angels Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury

    Voluntary aided school • Bury

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  12. 12

    Chapelfield Primary School

    Community school • Radcliffe, Manchester

    Ofsted: Good

  13. 13

    Fairfield Community Primary School

    Community school • Bury

    Ofsted: Good

  14. 14

    Park View Primary School

    Community school • Prestwich, Manchester

    Ofsted: Good

  15. 15

    Yesoiday Hatorah Boys Academy

    Academy converter • Prestwich, Manchester

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  16. 16

    St Bernadette's Roman Catholic Primary School, Whitefield

    Voluntary aided school • Whitefield, Manchester

    Ofsted: Good

  17. 17

    Cams Lane Primary School

    Community school • Radcliffe, Manchester

    Ofsted: Good

  18. 18

    All Saints Church of England Primary School, Stand

    Voluntary controlled school • Whitefield, Manchester

    Ofsted: Good

  19. 19

    St Luke's CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school • Bury

    Ofsted: Good

  20. 20

    St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Hawkshaw

    Voluntary aided school • Hawkshaw, Bury

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  1. 1

    The Elton High School

    Community school • Bury

    Ofsted: Good

  2. 2

    St Gabriel's RC High School

    Voluntary aided school • Bury

    Ofsted: Inadequate

  3. 3

    The Derby High School

    Community school • Bury

    Ofsted: Good

  4. 4

    Parrenthorn High School

    Community school • Prestwich, Manchester

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  5. 5

    Bury Church of England High School

    Voluntary aided school • Bury

    Ofsted: Good

  6. 6

    Manchester Mesivta School

    Voluntary aided school • Charlton Avenue, Prestwich

    Ofsted: Good

  7. 7

    Woodhey High School

    Community school • Ramsbottom, Bury

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  8. 8

    St Monica's RC High School

    Voluntary aided school • Prestwich, Manchester

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  9. 9

    Philips High School

    Community school • Whitefield, Manchester

    Ofsted: Good

  10. 10

    Unsworth Academy

    Academy sponsor led • 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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