Schools in Bury

About schools in Bury

Bury lists 57 schools, most of them primary schools. Its seven secondary schools are where families compare options once a child finishes primary. Older students can carry on at two sixth forms and colleges.

Ofsted inspects every school listed here. Its newer reports judge a school across several areas rather than giving one overall grade, while older reports still carry the previous single grade, so read the framework and the date on each page before you set two schools side by side. Where results have been published you will also find key stage 2 scores for the primary schools and Attainment 8 for the secondary schools. An inspection or a results table captures a school at one past moment, so use this page to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

Key stage 2, 2024/25

64%

of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, across the 33 schools with published results

Key stage 4, 2024/25

41.8

average Attainment 8 score, across the 9 schools with published results

Nursery schools1

• Hoyle Nursery School

  Local authority nursery school · Ages 2 to 4

Primary schools40

The figure beside a school is the share of its pupils who reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

• Bury and Whitefield Jewish Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 3 to 11

  56%

  expected standard
• Chantlers Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  97%

  expected standard
• Chesham Primary Academy

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 4 to 11

  70%

  expected standard
• Christ Church CofE Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  79%

  expected standard
• East Ward Community Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  62%

  expected standard
• Edenfield Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  80%

  expected standard
• Elton Community Primary School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 3 to 11

  62%

  expected standard
• Emmanuel Holcombe Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 3 to 11

  67%

  expected standard
• Fairfield Community Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 2 to 11

• Greenhill Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 2 to 11

  86%

  expected standard
• Greenmount Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

• Guardian Angels Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

• Hazlehurst Primary Academy

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 4 to 11

  90%

  expected standard
• Heap Bridge Village Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 5 to 11

• Holcombe Brook Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 5 to 11

• Hollins Grundy Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  70%

  expected standard
• Holly Mount Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  74%

  expected standard
• Holy Trinity Primary School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 3 to 11

  37%

  expected standard
• Lowercroft Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  66%

  expected standard
• Old Hall Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

• Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

• Peel Brow School

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  71%

  expected standard
• Ramsbottom Stubbins Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  72%

  expected standard
• Springside Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  66%

  expected standard
• St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Ramsbottom

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  50%

  expected standard
• St John with St Mark CofE Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  43%

  expected standard
• St John's Church of England Primary School, Radcliffe

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 3 to 11

  56%

  expected standard
• St Joseph and St Bede RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  64%

  expected standard
• St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Ramsbottom, a Voluntary Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  65%

  expected standard
• St Luke's CofE Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4 to 11

  56%

  expected standard
• St Paul's Church of England Primary School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 4 to 11

  43%

  expected standard
• St Peter's Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3 to 11

  64%

  expected standard
• St Stephen's Church of England Primary School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 3 to 11

  67%

  expected standard
• St Thomas Church of England Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  66%

  expected standard
• St. Marie's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

• Summerseat Methodist Primary School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 3 to 11

  31%

  expected standard
• Sunny Bank Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 5 to 11

  75%

  expected standard
• Tottington Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  59%

  expected standard
• Unsworth Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  82%

  expected standard
• Woodbank Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  63%

  expected standard

Secondary schools7

The figure beside a school is its average Attainment 8 score (out of 90) in 2024/25.

• Bury Church of England High School

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

  49.1

  Attainment 8
• Hazel Wood High School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 11 to 16

  35.7

  Attainment 8
• St Gabriel's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 11 to 16

  46.0

  Attainment 8
• The Elton High School

  Community school · Ages 11 to 16

  44.3

  Attainment 8
• Tottington High School

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

  34.9

  Attainment 8
• Unsworth Academy

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 11 to 16

  45.4

  Attainment 8
• Woodhey High School

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 16

  47.3

  Attainment 8

Sixth forms and colleges2

• Bury College

  Further education · Ages 16 to 99

• Holy Cross College

  Further education · Ages 16 to 99

Special schools and alternative provision6

• Ash Grove School

  Academy alternative provision sponsor led · Ages 11 to 16

• Brookhaven School

  Free schools special · Ages 11 to 16

• Elms Bank

  Academy special converter · Ages 11 to 19

• Forestwood School

  Other independent special school · Ages 12 to 19

• Millwood Primary Special School

  Community special school · Ages 2 to 11

• Rossendale School

  Other independent special school · Ages 7 to 19

Independent schools1

• Bury Grammar Schools

  Other independent school · Ages 3 to 18

Common questions about schools in Bury

How many schools does Bury have?

OfferDay lists 57 schools in Bury, including 40 primary schools and seven secondary schools.

Who inspects schools in Bury?

Every school in Bury is inspected by Ofsted. Newer reports grade several areas of a school separately on a report card, while older reports carry a single overall grade, so check the framework and the date on each page before you compare two schools.

How are schools in Bury ranked?

OfferDay ranks schools in Bury where the Department for Education has published results, by key stage 2 scores for primary schools and Attainment 8 for secondary schools. The ranking links are near the top of this page. A results table only captures one part of a school, so use it to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. Information on this page was last updated on 24 July 2026.