St Monica's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Mixed · Bury
Bury Old Road, Manchester, M25 1JH
73
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Not judged
Graded 21/01/2025
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
92.2%
19.7% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,032
Capacity used
Has space90%
1,150 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
156 of 156 families who put it first got an offer
189
Places offered
271
Total applications
1.4
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 156 | 156 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 74 | 7 | ● 9% |
| 3rd preference | 36 | 2 | ● 6% |
| Later preferences | 5 | 1 | ● 20% |
| Total | 271 | 166 | 61% |
1st preference success by year
Bury lets families list 3 preferences. 95 applications came from outside the council area (52 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
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Emma Keenan
- Address
- Bury Old Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1JH
- Phone
- 01617736436
- Local authority
- Bury
- Ward / constituency
- Sedgley · Bury South
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 148050
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 24% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 19% | — | — |
| SEN support | 11% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: ST TERESA OF CALCUTTA CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
1,032 pupils · 1,150 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
21 January 2025
Full graded inspection
Not judged overall effectivenessPersonal development Good Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,106 pupils
Attendance
92.2%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
7.8%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
19.7%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
3.4%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.7%
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 | 51.1 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.21 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 59% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 78% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.39 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 50.4 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 55.4% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 77.5% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 14% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.24 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 222 | — |
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+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 219 | 24% | 68% | 84% | |
| English Literature | 219 | 22% | 67% | 83% | |
| Mathematics | 218 | 25% | 61% | 81% | |
| Religious Studies | 211 | 36% | 69% | 81% | |
| Combined Science | 158 | 8% | 34% | 67% | |
| History | 125 | 23% | 58% | 73% | |
| Geography | 113 | 22% | 45% | 66% | |
| Business | 79 | 19% | 65% | 78% | |
| Art and Design | 66 | 3% | 26% | 52% | |
| Physical Education | 66 | 21% | 62% | 82% | |
| Biology | 58 | 31% | 83% | 95% | |
| Physics | 58 | 34% | 69% | 93% |
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.