# Schools in Bury

70 schools with published admissions figures

"1st preferences per place" is how many families named a school first, for each place it offered, in the newest year held. It describes demand. It is not a pass rate and it does not say whether a child would be offered a place. A dash means the figure is not held.

## How the 2026 round went

Counts families, not schools. The table below cannot be added up into these figures, because a child naming three schools appears in three of its rows.

### Primary

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

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.


## 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 Most appeals that do not are withdrawn because a place comes up first.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](/school/105291/chantlers-primary-school) | primary | Resourced provision |
| [East Ward Community Primary School, Bury](/school/144572/east-ward-community-primary-school) | primary | Resourced provision |
| [Higher Lane Primary School, Manchester](/school/144575/higher-lane-primary-school) | primary | Resourced provision |
| [Mersey Drive Community Primary School, Manchester](/school/105299/mersey-drive-community-primary-school) | primary | SEN unit |
| [Peel Brow School, Bury](/school/148867/peel-brow-school) | primary | SEN unit |
| [Summerseat Methodist Primary School, Bury](/school/148325/summerseat-methodist-primary-school) | primary | Resourced provision |
| [Unsworth Primary School, Bury](/school/146932/unsworth-primary-school) | primary | SEN unit |
| [Woodhey High School, Bury](/school/148097/woodhey-high-school) | 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 | Latest Ofsted |
|---|---:|---|
| [All Saints Church of England Primary School, Stand (Manchester)](/school/105325/all-saints-church-of-england-primary-school-stand) | 0.92 | School remains Good |
| [Bury and Whitefield Jewish Primary School (Bury)](/school/105352/bury-and-whitefield-jewish-primary-school) | - | Expected standard |
| [Butterstile Primary School (Manchester)](/school/150485/butterstile-primary-school) | 0.98 | Good |
| [Cams Lane Primary School (Manchester)](/school/150486/cams-lane-primary-school) | 0.95 | School remains Good |
| [Chantlers Primary School (Bury)](/school/105291/chantlers-primary-school) | 1.78 | Not judged |
| [Chapelfield Primary School (Manchester)](/school/105313/chapelfield-primary-school) | 1.03 | Good |
| [Chesham Primary Academy (Bury)](/school/150754/chesham-primary-academy) | 0.93 | Inadequate |
| [Christ Church CofE Primary School (Bury)](/school/144408/christ-church-cofe-primary-school) | 0.92 | Good |
| [East Ward Community Primary School (Bury)](/school/144572/east-ward-community-primary-school) | 0.93 | Expected standard |
| [Elton Community Primary School (Bury)](/school/141167/elton-community-primary-school) | 0.79 | School remains Good |
| [Emmanuel Holcombe Church of England Primary School (Bury)](/school/105338/emmanuel-holcombe-church-of-england-primary-school) | 1.27 | Good |
| [Gorsefield Primary School (Manchester)](/school/141673/gorsefield-primary-school) | 0.93 | School remains Good |
| [Greenhill Primary School (Bury)](/school/148096/greenhill-primary-school) | 0.73 | School remains Good |
| [Greenmount Primary School (Bury)](/school/151358/greenmount-primary-school) | 1.00 | Standards maintained |
| [Hazlehurst Primary Academy (Bury)](/school/150782/hazlehurst-primary-academy) | 0.84 | Inadequate |
| [Heaton Park Primary School (Manchester)](/school/150484/heaton-park-primary-school) | 0.91 | School remains Good |
| [Higher Lane Primary School (Manchester)](/school/144575/higher-lane-primary-school) | 0.92 | Expected standard |
| [Hollins Grundy Primary School (Bury)](/school/105314/hollins-grundy-primary-school) | 0.71 | School remains Good |
| [Holly Mount Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury (Bury)](/school/105344/holly-mount-roman-catholic-primary-school-bury) | 1.00 | Good |
| [Holy Trinity Primary School (Bury)](/school/146308/holy-trinity-primary-school) | 0.77 | Good |
| [Lowercroft Primary School (Bury)](/school/105295/lowercroft-primary-school) | 0.83 | Standards maintained |
| [Mersey Drive Community Primary School (Manchester)](/school/105299/mersey-drive-community-primary-school) | 1.06 | Good |
| [Old Hall Primary School (Bury)](/school/151357/old-hall-primary-school) | 0.91 | School remains Good |
| [Our Lady of Grace RC Primary School (Manchester)](/school/105345/our-lady-of-grace-rc-primary-school) | 0.89 | School remains Good |
| [Park View Primary School (Manchester)](/school/149934/park-view-primary-school) | 0.93 | School remains Good |
| [Peel Brow School (Bury)](/school/148867/peel-brow-school) | - | Expected standard |
| [Radcliffe Hall Church of England Methodist Primary School (Manchester)](/school/147159/radcliffe-hall-church-of-england-methodist-primary-school) | 1.13 | Good |
| [Radcliffe Primary School (Manchester)](/school/139999/radcliffe-primary-school) | 0.73 | Good |
| [Ribble Drive Community Primary School (Manchester)](/school/150488/ribble-drive-community-primary-school) | 1.00 | Good |
| [Sedgley Park Community Primary School (Manchester)](/school/151518/sedgley-park-community-primary-school) | 0.96 | School remains Good |
| [Springside Primary School (Bury)](/school/149050/springside-primary-school) | 0.88 | Not judged |
| [St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Radcliffe (Manchester)](/school/105350/st-andrew-s-church-of-england-primary-school-radcliffe) | 1.03 | School remains Good |
| [St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Ramsbottom (Bury)](/school/105326/st-andrew-s-church-of-england-primary-school-ramsbottom) | 0.75 | Expected standard |
| [St Bernadette's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy (Manchester)](/school/150560/st-bernadette-s-roman-catholic-primary-school-a-voluntary-academy) | 1.00 | Good |
| [St Hilda's Church of England Primary School (Manchester)](/school/105351/st-hilda-s-church-of-england-primary-school) | 1.00 | Good |
| [St John with St Mark CofE Primary School (Bury)](/school/133929/st-john-with-st-mark-cofe-primary-school) | 0.91 | School remains Good |
| [St John's Church of England Primary School, Radcliffe (Bury)](/school/145560/st-john-s-church-of-england-primary-school-radcliffe) | 0.96 | Good |
| [St Joseph and St Bede RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy (Bury)](/school/150176/st-joseph-and-st-bede-rc-primary-school-a-voluntary-academy) | 1.16 | Good |
| [St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Ramsbottom, a Voluntary Academy (Bury)](/school/150674/st-joseph-s-roman-catholic-primary-school-ramsbottom-a-voluntary-academy) | 0.87 | Good |
| [St Luke's CofE Primary School (Bury)](/school/133944/st-luke-s-cofe-primary-school) | 1.10 | School remains Good |
| [St Margaret's Church of England Primary School (Manchester)](/school/105323/st-margaret-s-church-of-england-primary-school) | 1.03 | Standards maintained |
| [St Mary's Church of England Aided Primary School, Prestwich (Manchester)](/school/105342/st-mary-s-church-of-england-aided-primary-school-prestwich) | 1.27 | Not judged |
| [St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Hawkshaw (Bolton Road, Hawkshaw, Bury)](/school/105340/st-mary-s-church-of-england-primary-school-hawkshaw) | 0.77 | Not judged |
| [St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy (Manchester)](/school/150561/st-mary-s-roman-catholic-primary-school-a-voluntary-academy) | 0.97 | School remains Good |
| [St Michael's Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy (Manchester)](/school/149679/st-michael-s-roman-catholic-primary-school-a-voluntary-academy) | 0.96 | Expected standard |
| [St Paul's Church of England Primary School (Bury)](/school/150835/st-paul-s-church-of-england-primary-school) | 0.71 | Requires improvement |
| [St Peter's Church of England Primary School (Bury)](/school/105321/st-peter-s-church-of-england-primary-school) | 1.07 | Needs attention |
| [St Stephen's Church of England Primary School (Bury)](/school/150409/st-stephen-s-church-of-england-primary-school) | 0.53 | Requires improvement |
| [St Thomas Church of England Primary School (Bury)](/school/146156/st-thomas-church-of-england-primary-school) | 0.93 | Good |
| [Summerseat Methodist Primary School (Bury)](/school/148325/summerseat-methodist-primary-school) | 0.83 | Good |
| [Sunny Bank Primary School (Bury)](/school/144593/sunny-bank-primary-school) | 1.63 | Good |
| [Tottington Primary School (Bury)](/school/147551/tottington-primary-school) | 0.97 | School remains Good |
| [Unsworth Primary School (Bury)](/school/146932/unsworth-primary-school) | 0.87 | School remains Good |
| [Wesley Methodist Primary School (Manchester)](/school/146996/wesley-methodist-primary-school) | 0.88 | School remains Good |
| [Whitefield Community Primary School (Manchester)](/school/150487/whitefield-community-primary-school) | 1.06 | Good |
| [Woodbank Primary School (Bury)](/school/150416/woodbank-primary-school) | 0.94 | School remains Good |
| [Yesoiday Hatorah Boys Academy (Manchester)](/school/136661/yesoiday-hatorah-boys-academy) | - | Good |
| [Yesoiday Hatorah Girls Academy (Manchester)](/school/147227/yesoiday-hatorah-girls-academy) | 1.00 | Outstanding |

## Secondary

| School | 1st prefs per place | Latest Ofsted |
|---|---:|---|
| [Bury Church of England High School (Bury)](/school/148866/bury-church-of-england-high-school) | 0.85 | Expected standard |
| [Hazel Wood High School (Bury)](/school/146970/hazel-wood-high-school) | 0.90 | Good |
| [Manchester Mesivta School (Prestwich)](/school/134195/manchester-mesivta-school) | 1.05 | Requires improvement |
| [Parrenthorn High School (Manchester)](/school/151969/parrenthorn-high-school) | 1.10 | Good |
| [Philips High School (Manchester)](/school/151027/philips-high-school) | 0.92 | Requires improvement |
| [St Gabriel's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy (Bury)](/school/148049/st-gabriel-s-rc-high-school-a-voluntary-academy) | 0.79 | Good |
| [St Monica's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy (Manchester)](/school/148050/st-monica-s-rc-high-school-a-voluntary-academy) | 0.88 | Not judged |
| [The Elton High School (Bury)](/school/105354/the-elton-high-school) | 1.32 | Expected standard |
| [The Heys School (Manchester)](/school/147883/the-heys-school) | 0.76 | Good |
| [Tottington High School (Bury)](/school/146529/tottington-high-school) | 0.59 | Requires improvement |
| [Unsworth Academy (Bury)](/school/143848/unsworth-academy) | 0.96 | Improved significantly |
| [Woodhey High School (Bury)](/school/148097/woodhey-high-school) | 1.22 | Not judged |

Full page: /schools/bury
Figures from the Department for Education, Ofsted and local authorities; each school's own page lists its sources and dates.