The Elton High School
Secondary · Community school · Mixed · Bury
Walshaw Road, Bury, BL8 1RN
65
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
74%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
92.1%
23.1% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,017
Capacity used
Over capacity102%
1,000 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
74%
1st preference success rate
195 of 264 families who put it first got an offer
201
Places offered
558
Total applications
2.8
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 264 | 195 | ● 74% |
| 2nd preference | 192 | 6 | ● 3% |
| 3rd preference | 102 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 558 | 201 | 36% |
1st preference success by year
Bury lets families list 3 preferences. 20 applications came from outside the council area (2 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Jonathan Wilton
- Address
- Walshaw Road, Bury, BL8 1RN
- Phone
- 01617631434
- Local authority
- Bury
- Ward / constituency
- Tottington · Bury North
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 105354
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 22% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 8% | — | — |
| SEN support | 16% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 2 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
1,017 pupils · 1,000 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 26
24 February 2026
S5 Inspection · report card
Inclusion Expected standard Achievement Expected standard Safeguarding standards Met Curriculum and teaching Expected standard Attendance and behaviour Expected standard Leadership and governance Expected standard Early years Not applicable Personal development and wellbeing Expected standard Post-16 provision Not applicable - 22
03 February 2022
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,042 pupils
Attendance
92.1%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
7.9%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
23.1%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
2.4%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.9%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 45.8 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.24 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 44% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 65% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.87 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 44.3 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 37.2% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 65.8% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 17.3% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.74 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 196 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 195 | 12% | 45% | 71% | |
| English Language | 195 | 11% | 49% | 71% | |
| English Literature | 191 | 13% | 55% | 74% | |
| Combined Science | 132 | 2% | 22% | 42% | |
| History | 108 | 19% | 42% | 54% | |
| Geography | 98 | 13% | 36% | 50% | |
| Art and Design | 82 | 15% | 66% | 78% | |
| Biology | 58 | 33% | 79% | 95% | |
| Physics | 58 | 33% | 83% | 95% | |
| Business | 58 | 14% | 60% | 78% | |
| Chemistry | 57 | 37% | 84% | 100% | |
| Food Preparation & Nutrition | 34 | 26% | 59% | 85% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Bury council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.