Metropolitan Borough of Bury - Education

Education

There are around 63 primary schools, 14 secondary schools, and three special schools in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury. Overall, Bury was ranked 23rd out of the all the Local Education Authorities in SATs performance and 3rd in Greater Manchester in 2006. In 2007, the Bury LEA was ranked 45th out of 148 in the country – and 3rd in Greater Manchester – based on the percentage of pupils attaining at least 5 A*-C grades at GCSE including Maths and English (47.8% compared with the national average of 45.8%). The schools of the area compete annually in the Bury Schools Athletics Championships.

The LEA High schools in the Borough are:

in Bury

  • Broad Oak High School
  • Elton High School
  • St Gabriels High School
  • Bury Church of England High School
  • Derby High School
  • Castlebrook High School

in Prestwich

  • Parrenthorn High School
  • St Monica's High School
  • Prestwich Arts College

in Whitefield

  • Philips High School

in Tottington

  • Tottington High School

in Ramsbottom

  • Woodhey High School

In addition there are a number of independent high schools:-

  • Bury Grammar School Boys and Girls Divisions
  • Darul Uloom Al Arabiya Al Islamiya
  • Manchester Jewish Grammar School

There are two FE colleges

  • Bury College, formerly Bury Technical College and Peel Sixth Form College.
  • Holy Cross College, formerly Bury Convent Grammar School. In 2007 it was named 7th in the country.
For a list of Infant and Junior Schools in the borough see List of schools in Greater Manchester

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