Overall Oxbridge
#572
3 ranked schools · +342 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
52
Offers
7
Offer rate13.5%
-8.9 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 22.4%
The open-air market hall and Victorian civic buildings at the heart of Bury town centre announce a Lancashire mill town that entered Greater Manchester's metropolitan county in 1974 but retains its own identity along the River Irwell. The town traces its industrial chapter to the cotton-spinning mills of the early nineteenth century; Sir Robert Peel, Prime Minister and founder of the Metropolitan Police, was born here, commemorated by a monument on Holcombe Hill overlooking the borough. Edenfield and Ramsbottom reach further north. Around 81,000 people live in the town, with the wider borough home to just under 194,000.
Metrolink trams run from Bury station into central Manchester in around 35 minutes on the Bury line. Elton and Unsworth are among the most school-competitive pockets of the borough for primary catchments, drawing families who factor school proximity into their choice of neighbourhood.
Area Performance
Across 52 primary, secondary and sixth-form schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 7.12/10, -0.26 vs England.
Find My School Inspection Band
Distribution across all Bury schools
Bury vs England distribution
National Rank
Across all ranked Bury schools
top 51% of 14,978
top 51% of 14,978
top 59% of 3,862
top 59% of 3,862
top 50% of 2,555
top 50% of 2,555
Overall Oxbridge
3 ranked schools · +342 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
52
Offers
7
Oxford
1 ranked schools · +56 places vs Eng avg #253 of 1,198
Applications
26
Offers
4
Cambridge
3 ranked schools · -344 places vs Eng avg #773 of 1,881
Applications
26
Offers
3
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