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Schools in Bury

87 open schools · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria · best primary schools · best secondary schools

Bury has 85 state schools: 64 primary, 14 secondary, 1 nursery. Between them they teach around 24,844 pupils. 66 have enough published data for a score, averaging 4.7 out of 10, and 2 score 8 or above.

5 have a sixth form. 47 take children from age three or under. 39 have a religious character, which usually means the school sets its own admissions criteria rather than the council's. How the score works.

All Saints Church of England Primary School, Stand Manchester · Good Brookhaven School Bury Bury Church of England High School Bury · Requires improvement Bury College Bury · Good Bury Grammar Schools Bury Bury and Whitefield Jewish Primary School Bury · Good Butterstile Primary School Manchester · Good Cams Lane Primary School Manchester · Good Chantlers Primary School Bury · Not judged Chapelfield Primary School Manchester · Good Chesham Primary Academy Bury · Inadequate Christ Church Ainsworth Church of England Primary School Bolton Christ Church CofE Primary School Bury · Good Cloughside College Manchester · Good Darul Uloom Al Arabiya Al Islamiya Nr. Bury · Good East Ward Community Primary School Bury · Good Elms Bank Bury · Outstanding Elton Community Primary School Bury · Good Emmanuel Holcombe Church of England Primary School Bury · Good Fairfield Community Primary School Bury · Good Gorsefield Primary School Manchester · Good Greenhill Primary School Bury · Good Greenmount Primary School Bury · Good Guardian Angels Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Bury Hazel Wood High School Bury · Good Hazlehurst Primary Academy Bury · Inadequate Heaton Park Primary School Manchester · Good Higher Lane Primary School Manchester · Good Holcombe Brook Primary School Bury Hollins Grundy Primary School Bury · Good Holly Mount Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury Bury · Good Holy Cross College Bury · Good Holy Trinity Primary School Bury · Good Hoyle Nursery School Bury · Outstanding Lowercroft Primary School Bury · Good Manchester Mesivta School Prestwich · Requires improvement Mersey Drive Community Primary School Manchester · Good Millwood Primary Special School Bury · Outstanding Old Hall Primary School Bury · Good Our Lady of Grace RC Primary School Manchester · Good Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Bury Park View Primary School Manchester · Good Parrenthorn High School Manchester · Good Peel Brow School Bury · Requires improvement Philips High School Manchester · Requires improvement Radcliffe Hall Church of England Methodist Primary School Manchester · Good Radcliffe Primary School Manchester · Good Ribble Drive Community Primary School Manchester · Good Sedgley Park Community Primary School Manchester · Good Springside Primary School Bury · Not judged St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Radcliffe Manchester · Good St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Ramsbottom Bury · Good St Bernadette's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Manchester · Good St Gabriel's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy Bury · Good St Hilda's Church of England Primary School Manchester · Good St John with St Mark CofE Primary School Bury · Good St John's Church of England Primary School, Radcliffe Bury · Good St Joseph and St Bede RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Bury · Good St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Ramsbottom, a Voluntary Academy Bury · Good St Luke's CofE Primary School Bury · Good St Margaret's Church of England Primary School Manchester · Good St Mary's Church of England Aided Primary School, Prestwich Manchester · Not judged St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Hawkshaw Bolton Road, Hawkshaw, Bury · Not judged St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Manchester · Good St Michael's Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Manchester · Inadequate St Monica's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy Manchester · Not judged St Paul's Church of England Primary School Bury · Requires improvement St Peter's Church of England Primary School Bury · Good St Stephen's Church of England Primary School Bury · Requires improvement St Thomas Church of England Primary School Bury · Good St. Marie's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Bury Star Radcliffe Academy Radcliffe Summerseat Methodist Primary School Bury · Good Sunny Bank Primary School Bury · Good The Derby High School Lancs The Elton High School Bury · Good The Heys School Manchester · Good Tottington High School Bury · Requires improvement Tottington Primary School Bury · Good Unsworth Academy Bury · Good Unsworth Primary School Bury · Good Wesley Methodist Primary School Manchester · Good Whitefield Community Primary School Manchester · Good Woodbank Primary School Bury · Good Woodhey High School Bury · Not judged Yesoiday Hatorah Boys Academy Manchester · Good Yesoiday Hatorah Girls Academy Manchester · Outstanding

Undersubscribed schools rated Good or Outstanding

These schools didn't fill on first preference in the latest admissions year, despite an Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding — worth a look if you're chasing the same handful of famous names everyone else applies to.

Hollins Grundy Primary School Good · ×0.71 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Greenhill Primary School Good · ×0.73 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Radcliffe Primary School Good · ×0.73 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Ramsbottom Good · ×0.75 1st prefs/place (2026/27) The Heys School Good · ×0.76 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Holy Trinity Primary School Good · ×0.77 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Elton Community Primary School Good · ×0.79 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St Gabriel's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy Good · ×0.79 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Lowercroft Primary School Good · ×0.83 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Summerseat Methodist Primary School Good · ×0.83 1st prefs/place (2026/27)

How places are allocated in Bury

Primary schools: Explicit: 'Community primary schools do not have catchment areas.' (source)

Most schools use the local authority's default scheme rather than a school-specific catchment map — see each school's page for its own designated/catchment area where one is published.

Key dates

Entry year	Event	Date
Sept 2028	Application deadline	2027-10-31
Sept 2028	Primary application deadline	2028-01-15
Sept 2028	Offer day	2028-03-01
Sept 2028	Primary offer day	2028-04-17
Sept 2027	Application deadline	2026-10-31
Sept 2027	Primary application deadline	2027-01-15
Sept 2027	Offer day	2027-03-01
Sept 2027	Primary offer day	2027-04-16
Sept 2026	Application deadline	2025-10-31 (passed)
Sept 2026	Primary application deadline	2026-01-15 (passed)
Sept 2026	Offer day	2026-03-02 (passed)
Sept 2026	Primary offer day	2026-04-16 (passed)

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