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Best secondary schools in Bury

10 of 15 secondary schools ranked by Progress 8 · all Bury schools · primary schools

Ranked on Progress 8, 2023/24 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school.

# School Progress 8 Ofsted Places Catchment
1 St Monica's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy Manchester 0.21 Not judged about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
2 Unsworth Academy Bury hidden gem 0.21 Good about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
3 Woodhey High School Bury 0.05 Not judged oversubscribed 1.22 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
4 Hazel Wood High School Bury hidden gem 0.02 Good about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
5 St Gabriel's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy Bury hidden gem -0.18 Good undersubscribed 0.79 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
6 The Elton High School Bury -0.24 Good oversubscribed 1.32 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
7 Bury Church of England High School Bury -0.31 Requires improvement about even 0.85 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
8 Manchester Mesivta School Prestwich -0.42 Requires improvement declining about even 1.05 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
9 The Heys School Manchester hidden gem -0.52 Good undersubscribed 0.76 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
10 Tottington High School Bury -0.65 Requires improvement undersubscribed 0.59 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate

Also in Bury

5 further secondary schools with no published Progress 8 for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Bury, not a fairer one.

Applying in Bury

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