Bury Church of England High School

At age 16 (%)

No data for age 18

'Academic' destinations refer to sixth form or higher education. 'Vocational' ones refer to further education, apprenticeships or employment. Neither is intrinsically better or worse, and this balance is not used in calculating the indicator score. Data are from 2022.

Disadvantaged pupils (%)

Ethnic minority pupils (%)

Percentages of all pupils on roll in 2022. Local figures represent the aggregate pupil populations of the ten closest nearby schools.

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Bury Church of England High School

Haslam Brow, Bury BL9 0TS

https://burychurch.bury.sch.uk/

Bury Church of England High School is a non-selective, Church of England academy. It has about 840 boys and girls aged between 11 and 16. In September 2023 the school was rated ‘Requires Improvement’ by Ofsted. The present school opened in 2022.

This school is a member of The Bishop Fraser Trust. (Other schools in this trust include Bolton St Catherine's Academy, Canon Slade School and St James's Church of England High School.)

Particular strengths include Destinations, Attendance and Attainment. Relative weaknesses include Environment, Admissions, Representation and Progress.

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Other schools nearby

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Distance (miles)	Score	Name
0.2		St Gabriel's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy
0.3		The Derby High School
1.3		Hazel Wood High School
1.4		The Elton High School
1.8		Star Radcliffe Academy
2.1		Unsworth Academy
2.4		Tottington High School
2.7		Philips High School
3.2		Parrenthorn High School
3.2		Holy Family Roman Catholic and Church of England College
3.4		Edgar Wood Academy
3.5		Bolton St Catherine's Academy

Overall scores for nearby schools are shown. Click on school names to go their corresponding pages. Use the button on the left to personalise these scores based on your own priorities.

Destinations: Excellent. The proportion of students going on to education or training at 16 is very high.

Attendance: Above average. Pupil absence rates and the incidence of persistent absence are both quite low.

Attainment: About average. (This doesn't take into account pupils' prior performance. For that, see Progress.)

Disadvantaged pupils: About average. Progress up to age 16 is about average. Destinations at 16 are about average. There is no information for students aged 16-18.

Finances: About average. The school budget has been roughly in balance

Progress: Below average. (This takes into account pupils' prior performance. For information about actual grades, see Attainment.)

Representation: Slightly out of balance. The socio-economic mix and ethnic representation are both slightly out of balance with the local community.

Admissions: Poor. The occupancy rate is very high and the offer rate is quite high. There is no compulsory entrance exam.

Environment: Poor. Air pollution, traffic accidents and crime are all very high.

Sixth form: There is no sixth form at this school.

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