Bury schools and admissions data

Bury Borough Council has 70 primary schools and 23 secondary schools. 8% of Bury's schools are private schools. 32 state schools in Bury follow the local authority's admissions criteria, while 49 set their own.

Get detailed data on schools in Bury

Enter a postcode, street or neighbourhood to get started

Ofsted ratings
in Bury

  1. Outstanding 10
  2. Good 52
  3. Requires Improvement 10
  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

    Cams Lane Primary School

    Community school • Radcliffe, Manchester

    Ofsted: Good

  5. 5

    Fairfield Community Primary School

    Community school • Bury

    Ofsted: Good

  6. 6

    St Marie's Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury

    Voluntary aided school • The Mosses, Bury

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  7. 7

    Chesham Primary School

    Community school • Bury

    Ofsted: Good

  8. 8

    Tottington Primary School

    Academy converter • Tottington, Bury

    Ofsted: Good

  9. 9

    St Bernadette's Roman Catholic Primary School, Whitefield

    Voluntary aided school • Whitefield, Manchester

    Ofsted: Good

  10. 10

    Higher Lane Primary School

    Academy converter • Whitefield, Manchester

    Ofsted: Good

  11. 11

    Lowercroft Primary School

    Community school • Bury

    Ofsted: Good

  12. 12

    Wesley Methodist Primary School

    Academy converter • Radcliffe, Manchester

    Ofsted: Good

  13. 13

    Chapelfield Primary School

    Community school • Radcliffe, Manchester

    Ofsted: Good

  14. 14

    Guardian Angels Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury

    Voluntary aided school • Elton, Bury

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  15. 15

    Unsworth Primary School

    Academy converter • Unsworth, Bury

    Ofsted: Good

  16. 16

    St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Radcliffe

    Voluntary aided school • Radcliffe, Manchester

    Ofsted: Good

  17. 17

    St Luke's CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school • Bury

    Ofsted: Good

  18. 18

    Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury

    Voluntary aided school • Bury

    Ofsted: Good

  19. 19

    Old Hall Primary School

    Community school • Bury

    Ofsted: Good

  20. 20

    Hazlehurst Community Primary School

    Community school • Ramsbottom, Bury

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  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 • Prestwich, 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

    Philips High School

    Community school • Whitefield, Manchester

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  10. 10

    Hazel Wood High School

    Academy sponsor led • Bury

    Ofsted: Inadequate

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.

Visit Bury's website to find out more.

Also see Bury's Ofsted reports and school performance dashboard