Bury Church of England High School
Academy converter · 802 pupils
93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.1
Academy sponsor led
St Monica's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 1,032of 1,150 places
- Free school meals
- 24.2%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 222
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 21 January 2025Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: St Monica's RC High School (URN 105366, until 1 July 2020).
What the data says
St Monica's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy has no sixth form. Of the 225 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 54% moved to a sixth form college, 34% to a further education college and 4% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 54% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Religious Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 95% of the year group took it, against 31% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 50.4 against 46.1 across England and 43.4 in Bury, with 55% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Bury and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | This school | Bury | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 225 | 2,219 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 95% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 91% | 88% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 1% | 2% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 54% | 41% | 13% |
| — further education college | 34% | 44% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 1% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 4% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | — | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 4% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 1% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Bury | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 50.4 | 43.4 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 55% | 39% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 78% | 62% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 14% | 28% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.24 | 3.78 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 20% | 28% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 39.5 | 33.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 53.2 | 47.4 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 21% | 17% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Literature | 219 | 99% | 86% | 22% | 21% | 83% |
| English Language | 219 | 99% | 89% | 24% | 20% | 84% |
| Mathematics | 218 | 98% | 88% | 25% | 22% | 81% |
| Religious Studies | 211 | 95% | 31% | 36% | 32% | 81% |
| Combined Science | 158 | 71% | 65% | 8% | 9% | 67% |
| History | 125 | 56% | 41% | 23% | 26% | 73% |
| Geography | 113 | 51% | 41% | 22% | 25% | 66% |
| Business Studies | 79 | 36% | 18% | 19% | 20% | 78% |
| Physical Education | 66 | 30% | 11% | 21% | 24% | 82% |
| Chemistry | 58 | 26% | 23% | 31% | 47% | 91% |
| Physics | 58 | 26% | 23% | 34% | 46% | 93% |
| Biology | 58 | 26% | 23% | 31% | 45% | 95% |
| Art and Design | 36 | 16% | 7% | 6% | 24% | 72% |
| French | 33 | 15% | 18% | 36% | 29% | 85% |
| Computer Science | 29 | 13% | 13% | 14% | 30% | 62% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 23 | 10% | 8% | 13% | 21% | 83% |
| Textiles | 15 | 7% | 2% | 0% | 27% | 27% |
| Drama | 15 | 7% | 7% | 7% | 27% | 60% |
| 3D Design | 15 | 7% | 2% | 0% | 16% | 27% |
| Polish | 11 | 5% | 1% | 73% | 84% | 100% |
| Music | 10 | 5% | 5% | 30% | 33% | 70% |
| Statistics | 6 | 3% | 5% | 100% | 20% | 100% |
| Arabic | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Portuguese | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Spanish | 2 | 1% | 19% | — | 27% | — |
| Chinese | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 16 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Bury
Hazel Wood High School
Academy sponsor led · 671 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 35.7
Manchester Mesivta School
Voluntary aided school · sixth form · 233 pupils
93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.3
Parrenthorn High School
Academy converter · 1,025 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.5
Philips High School
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88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.3
St Gabriel's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy
Academy sponsor led · 1,027 pupils
91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.0
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.