Bury Church of England High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Sept 13 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Church of England
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Bury
Unique reference
148866
Address
Haslam Brow, BL9 0TS

Pupils

Number of Pupils
842 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
47.1%
Girls
52.9%
First language not English
7.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
17.7%
Persistent absence
20.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 73.6%
Mixed 5.8%
African 5.8%
Pakistani 5.1%
Other White 3.7%
Other Asian 1.4%
Indian 1.3%
Unclassified 1%
Other Black 0.8%
Chinese 0.8%
Other 0.4%
Caribbean 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.21
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.14
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 42%
Local authority average 32%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 46%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 47.6
Local authority average 44.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.31
Local authority average 3.89
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined)Technical Award10
Speech & DramaTechnical Award13
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE29
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE12
BiologyGCSE28
ChemistryGCSE27
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE24
Design & TechnologyGCSE14
English LanguageGCSE172
English LiteratureGCSE172
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Bury Church of England High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
162
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
129
2nd preference
181
3rd preference
119
From another Local Authority
97
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
124
2nd preference
26
3rd preference
12
To another Local Authority
12
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes25.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
175
87
88
Year 8
166
84
82
Year 9
173
75
98
Year 10
165
75
90
Year 11
163
76
87
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
88.0%
85.6%
86.5%
Further education
38.0%
39.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
1.0%
1.2%
37.9%
Sixth form college
49.0%
44.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
4.8%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
3.2%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
5.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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