Schools in Bury
70 schools with published admissions figures
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The newest figures for each school. "1st prefs per place" is how many families put the school first, for each place it gave out. It measures demand, not whether a child would get a place. A dash means the figure is not available.
How the 2026 round went in Bury
Primary
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Offered their first choice
91.4%
Of families applying for a primary place for September 2026. Against 88.8% in 2016.
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Offered one of their three
98.0%
Families offered any of the schools they named.
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Families who applied
1,901
Applications received for a primary place. A family naming three schools counts once.
For September 2026, 91.4% of families applying for a primary place here were offered their first choice, and 98.0% were offered one of the three schools they named.
That is 2.6 points higher than in 2016, when it was 88.8%.
The council's primary schools between them had 2,275 places for 1,901 applications. That is a total for the whole council and says nothing about any one school in it.
Secondary
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Offered their first choice
90.7%
Of families applying for a secondary place for September 2026. Against 84.3% in 2016.
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Offered one of their three
98.2%
Families offered any of the schools they named.
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Families who applied
2,233
Applications received for a secondary place. A family naming three schools counts once.
For September 2026, 90.7% of families applying for a secondary place here were offered their first choice, and 98.2% were offered one of the three schools they named.
That is 6.4 points higher than in 2016, when it was 84.3%.
The council's secondary schools between them had 2,444 places for 2,233 applications. That is a total for the whole council and says nothing about any one school in it.
Source: Department for Education, applications and offers. The same round across England.
If a family is refused a place
In 2026, families in Bury lodged 254 appeals about a school place.
125 of them were heard by a panel and 37 succeeded, which is about 30 in every 100 heard.
The other 129 did not reach a panel. Most appeals that do not are withdrawn because a place comes up first.
This is a record of decisions already made. A panel hears one case at a time and decides it on what that family sets out, so these figures do not indicate what would happen in any particular appeal.
Source: Department for Education, admission appeals in England, reporting year 2026. Counts every school in this council area. The share that succeeded is taken over appeals heard by a panel, not over appeals lodged.
Schools here running specialist SEN provision
8 of this council's published schools run a SEN unit or a resourced provision: teaching for children with special educational needs, on the same site as the rest of the school.
| School | Phase | What it runs |
|---|---|---|
| Chantlers Primary School
Bury |
primary | Resourced provision |
| East Ward Community Primary School
Bury |
primary | Resourced provision |
| Higher Lane Primary School
Manchester |
primary | Resourced provision |
| Mersey Drive Community Primary School
Manchester |
primary | SEN unit |
| Peel Brow School
Bury |
primary | SEN unit |
| Summerseat Methodist Primary School
Bury |
primary | Resourced provision |
| Unsworth Primary School
Bury |
primary | SEN unit |
| Woodhey High School
Bury |
secondary | Resourced provision |
This says a provision exists and nothing more. Neither how many children it takes nor which kinds of need it is set up for is published for a mainstream school, and it is not a statement about how well any school supports children with SEN. Ask the school or the council. Source: Department for Education, special educational needs in England.
Primary
| School | 1st prefs per place | Demand since | Latest Ofsted |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Saints Church of England Primary School, Stand
Manchester |
0.92 | - | School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| Bury and Whitefield Jewish Primary School
Bury |
- | - | Expected standard Ofsted report card (current framework) |
| Butterstile Primary School
Manchester |
0.98 | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Cams Lane Primary School
Manchester |
0.95 | - | School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| Chantlers Primary School
Bury |
1.78 | - | Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Chapelfield Primary School
Manchester |
1.03 | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Chesham Primary Academy
Bury |
0.93 | - | Inadequate Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Christ Church CofE Primary School
Bury |
0.92 | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| East Ward Community Primary School
Bury |
0.93 | - | Expected standard Ofsted report card (current framework) |
| Elton Community Primary School
Bury |
0.79 | - | School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| Emmanuel Holcombe Church of England Primary School
Bury |
1.27 | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Gorsefield Primary School
Manchester |
0.93 | - | School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| Greenhill Primary School
Bury |
0.73 | - | School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| Greenmount Primary School
Bury |
1.00 | - | Standards maintained Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| Hazlehurst Primary Academy
Bury |
0.84 | - | Inadequate Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Heaton Park Primary School
Manchester |
0.91 | - | School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| Higher Lane Primary School
Manchester |
0.92 | - | Expected standard Ofsted report card (current framework) |
| Hollins Grundy Primary School
Bury |
0.71 | - | School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| Holly Mount Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury
Bury |
1.00 | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Holy Trinity Primary School
Bury |
0.77 | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Lowercroft Primary School
Bury |
0.83 | - | Standards maintained Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| Mersey Drive Community Primary School
Manchester |
1.06 | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Old Hall Primary School
Bury |
0.91 | - | School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| Our Lady of Grace RC Primary School
Manchester |
0.89 | - | School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| Park View Primary School
Manchester |
0.93 | - | School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| Peel Brow School
Bury |
- | - | Expected standard Ofsted report card (current framework) |
| Radcliffe Hall Church of England Methodist Primary School
Manchester |
1.13 | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Radcliffe Primary School
Manchester |
0.73 | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Ribble Drive Community Primary School
Manchester |
1.00 | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Sedgley Park Community Primary School
Manchester |
0.96 | - | School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| Springside Primary School
Bury |
0.88 | - | Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Radcliffe
Manchester |
1.03 | - | School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Ramsbottom
Bury |
0.75 | - | Expected standard Ofsted report card (current framework) |
| St Bernadette's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Manchester |
1.00 | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| St Hilda's Church of England Primary School
Manchester |
1.00 | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| St John with St Mark CofE Primary School
Bury |
0.91 | - | School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| St John's Church of England Primary School, Radcliffe
Bury |
0.96 | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| St Joseph and St Bede RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Bury |
1.16 | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Ramsbottom, a Voluntary Academy
Bury |
0.87 | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| St Luke's CofE Primary School
Bury |
1.10 | - | School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| St Margaret's Church of England Primary School
Manchester |
1.03 | - | Standards maintained Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| St Mary's Church of England Aided Primary School, Prestwich
Manchester |
1.27 | - | Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Hawkshaw
Bolton Road, Hawkshaw, Bury |
0.77 | - | Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
Manchester |
0.97 | - | School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| St Michael's Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
Manchester |
0.96 | - | Expected standard Ofsted report card (current framework) |
| St Paul's Church of England Primary School
Bury |
0.71 | - | Requires improvement Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| St Peter's Church of England Primary School
Bury |
1.07 | - | Needs attention Ofsted report card (current framework) |
| St Stephen's Church of England Primary School
Bury |
0.53 | - | Requires improvement Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| St Thomas Church of England Primary School
Bury |
0.93 | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Summerseat Methodist Primary School
Bury |
0.83 | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Sunny Bank Primary School
Bury |
1.63 | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Tottington Primary School
Bury |
0.97 | - | School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| Unsworth Primary School
Bury |
0.87 | - | School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| Wesley Methodist Primary School
Manchester |
0.88 | - | School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| Whitefield Community Primary School
Manchester |
1.06 | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Woodbank Primary School
Bury |
0.94 | - | School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| Yesoiday Hatorah Boys Academy
Manchester |
- | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Yesoiday Hatorah Girls Academy
Manchester |
1.00 | - | Outstanding Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
Secondary
| School | 1st prefs per place | Demand since | Latest Ofsted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bury Church of England High School
Bury |
0.85 | - | Expected standard Ofsted report card (current framework) |
| Hazel Wood High School
Bury |
0.90 | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
Elsewhere
- Most sought-after schools in Bury by first preferences per place
- Schools in BL0 (7)
- Schools in BL8 (15)
- Schools in BL9 (20)
- Schools in M25 (13)
- Schools in M26 (11)
- Schools in M45 (9)
- What data we hold