Graded inspection · Mar 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Bury
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 |
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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 entry405 applications · 189 places offered · 150 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.1; Bury median median 2.2
- 2025 1.9; Bury median median 2.0
- 2024 1.8; Bury median median 1.7
- 2023 1.8; Bury median median 1.8
- 2022 1.7; Bury median median 1.7
- 2021 1.9; Bury median median 1.6
- 2020 1.9; Bury median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2019 2.6; Bury median median 1.2; as the previous school
- 2018 2.4; Bury median median 1.0; as the previous school
- 2017 2.6; Bury median median 1.1; as the previous school
- 2016 2.5; Bury median median 1.1; as the previous school
- 2015 2.0; Bury median median 1.3; as the previous school
- 2014 2.0; Bury median median 1.1; as the previous school
- This school
- Bury median
Dashed bars: as St Gabriel's RC High School (URN 105367), 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 | 189 | 405 | 2.1 | 150 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2025 | 181 | 344 | 1.9 | 153 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2024 | 203 | 368 | 1.8 | 179 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2023 | 205 | 362 | 1.8 | 174 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2022 | 207 | 357 | 1.7 | 188 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2021 | 202 | 376 | 1.9 | 177 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2020 * | 208 | 391 | 1.9 | 199 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2019 * | 208 | 533 | 2.6 | 280 | 1.35 |
| Sep 2018 * | 207 | 497 | 2.4 | 235 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2017 * | 206 | 527 | 2.6 | 270 | 1.31 |
| Sep 2016 * | 215 | 533 | 2.5 | 287 | 1.33 |
| Sep 2015 * | 205 | 409 | 2.0 | 203 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2014 * | 210 | 423 | 2.0 | 211 | 1.00 |
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.) | 209 | 39.2 | 23% | 48% | – |
| 2024/25 | 208 | 46.0 | 39% | 63% | – |
| 2023/24 | 210 | 44.5 | 35% | 59% | −0.18 |
| 2022/23 | 213 | 44.5 | 33% | 63% | −0.27 |
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
- St Gabriel's RC High School, a Voluntary AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20232.1applications per place 39.2Attainment 8
- 0.4 km · Bury20263.5applications per place 51.5Attainment 8
- 0.7 km · BuryRemains Good2023
- 1.9 km · Bury20262.7applications per place 47.4Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · BuryGood20231.8applications per place 35.6Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · BuryNot yet inspected1.7applications per place
- 3.3 km · BuryRequires improvement20242.7applications per place 38.9Attainment 8
- 3.8 km · BuryImproved significantly20252.2applications per place 43.2Attainment 8
- 4.8 km · BuryRequires improvement20222.4applications per place 46.2Attainment 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
- 148049 · 351/4003
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 1,050 pupils · 1,027 on roll
- Free school meals
- 25.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 November 2020
- Replaced
- St Gabriel's RC High School (URN 105367)
- Address
- Bridge Road, Bury, BL9 0TZ
- Local authority
- Bury
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources