Schools in Bury
90 schools in the Bury local authority.
Schools
90
Open schools
Pupils
28,113
2025–26 census
Good or better
83%
60 of 72 graded
Academic Performance
4.7
out of 10 · 78 schools
Ofsted ratings
- Outstanding
- 4 6%
- Good
- 56 78%
- Requires improvement
- 9 13%
- Inadequate
- 3 4%
5 inspected since 2024, no overall grade9 superseded by a report card13 not judged3 in a category of concern
4.7
Academic PerformanceAveraged over 78 of 90 schools that can be scored
Pupils
28,113
pupils on roll
Boys 53%47% Girls
Roll from 83 of 90 schools (28,113 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Ethnicity
White
68%Asian
17%Black
5%Mixed
7%Chinese
<1%Any other group
2%Unclassified
1%Ethnicity from 77 of 90 schools (26,385 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Pupil characteristics
- Free school meals
- 25.7%
- First language not English
- 19.4%
- Young carers
- <1%
6,793 of 26,385 pupils · 77 of 90 schools
5,121 of 26,385 pupils · 77 of 90 schools
92 of 26,298 pupils · 76 of 90 schools
Schools by phase
- Primary
- 64
- Secondary
- 14
- All-through
- 1
- Special
- 4
- Nursery
- 1
- PRU
- 1
- Not recorded
- 5
Top primary schools in Bury
The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Yesoiday Hatorah Girls AcademyBury · Primary9.5/10Outstanding
- 2.Sunny Bank Primary SchoolBury · Primary9.0/10Good
- 3.Chantlers Primary SchoolBury · Primary8.8/10
- 4.Emmanuel Holcombe Church of England Primary SchoolBury · Primary8.7/10Good
- 5.St Mary's Church of England Primary School, HawkshawBury · Primary8.7/10
- 6.Gorsefield Primary SchoolBury · Primary8.6/10Good
- 7.Greenhill Primary SchoolBury · Primary8.2/10Good
- 8.Yesoiday Hatorah Boys AcademyBury · Primary8.1/10Good
- 9.Elton Community Primary SchoolBury · Primary7.9/10Good
- 10.Christ Church CofE Primary SchoolBury · Primary7.7/10Good
- 11.St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, RamsbottomBury · Primary7.7/10Good
- 12.St Hilda's Church of England Primary SchoolBury · Primary7.5/10Good
- 13.Unsworth Primary SchoolBury · Primary7.4/10Good
- 14.St Mary's Church of England Aided Primary School, PrestwichBury · Primary7.3/10
- 15.Our Lady of Grace RC Primary SchoolBury · Primary7.2/10Good
- 16.St Margaret's Church of England Primary SchoolBury · Primary6.8/10Good
- 17.St Peter's Church of England Primary SchoolBury · Primary6.6/10Good
- 18.Holly Mount Roman Catholic Primary School, BuryBury · Primary6.1/10Good
- 19.East Ward Community Primary SchoolBury · Primary6.0/10Good
- 20.Tottington Primary SchoolBury · Primary5.9/10Good
Top secondary schools in Bury
The highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.St Monica's RC High School, a Voluntary AcademyBury · Secondary7.7/10
- 2.Woodhey High SchoolBury · Secondary6.7/10
- 3.Parrenthorn High SchoolBury · Secondary5.5/10Good
- 4.St Gabriel's RC High School, a Voluntary AcademyBury · Secondary5.5/10Good
- 5.Unsworth AcademyBury · Secondary3.8/10Good
- 6.The Elton High SchoolBury · Secondary3.4/10Good
- 7.Hazel Wood High SchoolBury · Secondary1.6/10Good
- 8.The Heys SchoolBury · Secondary1.2/10Good
- 9.Philips High SchoolBury · Secondary1.1/10Requires improvement
- 10.Bury Church of England High SchoolBury · Secondary0.9/10Requires improvement
- 11.Manchester Mesivta SchoolBury · Secondary0.2/10Requires improvement
- 12.Tottington High SchoolBury · Secondary0.1/10Requires improvement
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About schools in Bury
- How many schools are there in Bury?
- Bury has 90 open schools — 64 primary, 14 secondary, 4 special, 1 nursery, teaching 28,113 pupils in total.
- How many schools in Bury are rated Good or Outstanding?
- 60 of the 72 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 83% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 4 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 90: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
- What is the average Academic Performance in Bury?
- 4.7 out of 10, averaged across the 78 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
- Why do some Bury schools have no Ofsted rating?
- 18 schools in Bury currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
- What does Bury local authority do?
- A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Bury covers 90 schools and sits in the North West region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
- How many pupils in Bury are eligible for free school meals?
- 25.7% — 6,793 of 26,385 pupils at the 77 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.
Part of the North West region.