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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good |
Inspection history
- 24 April 2025Ungraded inspection: Improved significantly
- 12 November 2019Graded inspection: Good
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry433 applications · 199 places offered · 191 named it first
- 2026 2.2; Bury median median 2.2
- 2025 2.0; Bury median median 2.0
- 2024 2.4; Bury median median 1.7
- 2023 2.1; Bury median median 1.8
- 2022 2.0; Bury median median 1.7
- 2021 1.6; Bury median median 1.6
- 2020 1.7; Bury median median 1.7
- 2019 1.2; Bury median median 1.2
- 2018 1.0; Bury median median 1.0
- 2017 1.0; Bury median median 1.1
- 2016 1.3; Bury median median 1.1; as the previous school
- 2015 1.5; Bury median median 1.3; as the previous school
- 2014 1.7; Bury median median 1.1; as the previous school
- This school
- Bury median
Dashed bars: as Castlebrook High School (URN 105363), the previous school.
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 199 | 433 | 2.2 | 191 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2025 | 199 | 388 | 2.0 | 189 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2024 | 194 | 465 | 2.4 | 266 | 1.37 |
| Sep 2023 | 200 | 423 | 2.1 | 222 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2022 | 198 | 386 | 2.0 | 201 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2021 | 199 | 325 | 1.6 | 175 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2020 | 198 | 341 | 1.7 | 174 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2019 | 207 | 241 | 1.2 | 133 | 0.64 |
| Sep 2018 | 196 | 194 | 1.0 | 89 | 0.45 |
| Sep 2017 | 188 | 189 | 1.0 | 78 | 0.41 |
| Sep 2016 * | 204 | 261 | 1.3 | 131 | 0.64 |
| Sep 2015 * | 190 | 280 | 1.5 | 142 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2014 * | 179 | 299 | 1.7 | 150 | 0.84 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 190 | 43.2 | 37% | 56% | – |
| 2024/25 | 189 | 45.4 | 38% | 63% | – |
| 2023/24 | 180 | 46.5 | 39% | 66% | +0.21 |
| 2022/23 | 162 | 47.5 | 42% | 70% | +0.03 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Unsworth AcademyThis schoolThis schoolImproved significantly20252.2applications per place 43.2Attainment 8
- 2.0 km · BuryGood20232.2applications per place 45.4Attainment 8
- 2.5 km · BuryRequires improvement20222.4applications per place 46.2Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · BuryGood20242.9applications per place 33.1Attainment 8
- 3.2 km · Rochdale20262.6applications per place 41.4Attainment 8
- 3.3 km · BuryRemains Good2023
- 3.4 km · BuryNot yet inspected1.7applications per place
- 3.4 km · Bury20263.5applications per place 51.5Attainment 8
- 3.5 km · BuryGood20231.8applications per place 35.6Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 143848 · 351/4000
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 935 pupils · 953 on roll
- Free school meals
- 31.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 February 2017
- Replaced
- Castlebrook High School (URN 105363)
- Address
- Parr Lane, Bury, BL9 8LP
- Local authority
- Bury
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources