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Bury Church of England High School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 802Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 148866URN

Haslam Brow, Bury, BL9 0TS · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected May 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.5per place
1.4 above Bury median (2.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Bury

444 applications for 127 places · 1st of 12 in Bury
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
51.5of 90
1st of 12 in Bury
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 6 May 2026Published 23 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 6 May 2026
    Report card · 1 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard
  2. 13 September 2023
    Graded inspection: Requires improvement

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
3.5applications per place, Year 7
1.4 above Bury median (2.1) 1.3 above England median (2.2)

444 applications · 127 places offered · 108 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 3.5; Bury median median 2.2
  2. 2025 2.8; Bury median median 2.0
  3. 2024 2.8; Bury median median 1.7
  4. 2023 2.3; Bury median median 1.8
  5. 2022 2.8; Bury median median 1.7
  6. 2021 3.1; Bury median median 1.6; as the previous school
  7. 2020 3.1; Bury median median 1.7; as the previous school
  8. 2019 3.0; Bury median median 1.2; as the previous school
  9. 2018 3.7; Bury median median 1.0; as the previous school
  10. 2017 3.3; Bury median median 1.1; as the previous school
  11. 2016 3.0; Bury median median 1.1; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.9; Bury median median 1.3; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.6; Bury median median 1.1; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Bury median in 5 of 5 years.
  • This school
  • Bury median

Dashed bars: as Bury Church of England High School (URN 105365), 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261274443.51080.85
Sep 20251584492.81400.89
Sep 20241624482.81290.80
Sep 20231703982.31360.80
Sep 20221484142.81360.92
Sep 2021 *1614993.11611.00
Sep 2020 *1604893.11721.08
Sep 2019 *1594753.01781.12
Sep 2018 *1565743.72161.38
Sep 2017 *1605233.32081.30
Sep 2016 *1554613.01440.93
Sep 2015 *1474232.91471.00
Sep 2014 *1523972.61470.97

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

167 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)51.51st of 12 in Bury
Grade 5 or above in English and maths60%1st of 12 in Bury
Grade 4 or above in English and maths78%
  • This school
  • Bury median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.31
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)16751.560%78%–
2024/2516549.152%73%–
2023/2416146.051%72%−0.31
2022/2317547.646%73%−0.21

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

  • 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 converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
148866 · 351/4603
Trust
The Bishop Fraser Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
810 pupils · 802 on roll
Free school meals
23.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 January 2022
Replaced
Bury Church of England High School (URN 105365)
Address
Haslam Brow, Bury, BL9 0TS
Local authority
Bury

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources