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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
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No graded inspection
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
74.0%
52.0% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
74
Capacity used
Has space82%
90 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Free schools special
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Jeremy Swinn
- Address
- Parr Lane, Bury, BL9 8LP
- Phone
- 01618509196
- Local authority
- Bury
- Ward / constituency
- Unsworth · Bury South
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 150236
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 31% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 0% | — | — |
| SEN support | 0% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: THE SHAW EDUCATION TRUST
74 pupils · 90 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
No state-school Ofsted inspection on record (independent schools are often inspected by ISI).
View all Ofsted reportsAttendance
2024/2025 school year · 50 pupils
Attendance
74.0%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
26.0%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
52.0%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
22.0%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
7.1%
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.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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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.