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Grade 5+ in English and maths, 2026
GCSE results 2026
Bury GCSE results 2026
Provisional 2025/26 results for 13 state secondary schools in Bury, 2,236 pupils. Bury ranks 131 of 151 councils for Attainment 8, which fell by 0.5 points on 2025.
Grade 5+ English & maths
39.6%
8.2 pts below England
Grade 7+ English & maths
9.1%
5.6 pts below England
Attainment 8
44.0
3.6 points below England
Council rank
131 / 151
By average Attainment 8
Bury at a glance
- Highest Attainment 8: Bury Church of England High School (51.5).
- Schools range from 33.1 to 51.5 on Attainment 8, a spread of 18.4 points, so the school you choose matters more than the council average.
- Disadvantaged pupils averaged 34.5, 13.3 points behind their classmates (a smaller gap than England’s 13.8). They did best at Bury Church of England High School (42.3).
- Most improved on 2025: Tottington High School, up 4.0 points to 38.9.
Every Bury secondary school, ranked
Ranked by Attainment 8 · 2025/26 provisional · E&M: English and maths
| # | School | Pupils | Attainment 8 | vs 2025 | Grade 4+ E&M | Grade 5+ E&M | Grade 7+ E&M | Disadvantaged A8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bury Church of England High SchoolChurch of England | 167 | 51.5 | +2.4 | 78.4% | 59.9% | 15.6% | 42.3 |
| 2 | Woodhey High School | 220 | 49.8 | +2.5 | 77.3% | 54.1% | 12.3% | 34.9 |
| 3 | The Elton High School | 201 | 47.4 | +3.1 | 68.7% | 46.8% | 9.5% | 37.9 |
| 4 | St Monica's RC High School, a Voluntary AcademyRoman Catholic | 229 | 46.7 | −3.7 | 66.8% | 47.2% | 10.9% | 33.8 |
| 5 | Philips High School | 170 | 46.2 | −4.1 | 61.2% | 39.4% | 13.5% | 37.3 |
| 6 | Parrenthorn High School | 203 | 45.4 | — | 63.5% | 44.3% | 10.3% | 39.1 |
| 7 | The Derby High School | 189 | 44.0 | −1.9 | 57.7% | 37.6% | 6.3% | 39.5 |
| 8 | Unsworth Academy | 190 | 43.2 | −2.2 | 56.3% | 36.8% | 8.4% | 33.7 |
| 9 | Manchester Mesivta SchoolBoys · Jewish | 46 | 41.2 | +1.9 | 58.7% | 41.3% | 15.2% | — |
| 10 | St Gabriel's RC High School, a Voluntary AcademyRoman Catholic | 209 | 39.2 | −6.8 | 47.8% | 23.0% | 3.3% | 29.3 |
| 11 | Tottington High School | 173 | 38.9 | +4.0 | 50.9% | 26.6% | 4.0% | 34.3 |
| 12 | Hazel Wood High School | 138 | 35.6 | −0.1 | 41.3% | 20.3% | 5.8% | 30.4 |
| 13 | The Heys School | 101 | 33.1 | −0.9 | 37.6% | 24.8% | 5.0% | 21.3 |
| England average | 47.6 | 66.8% | 47.8% | 14.7% | 37.7 |
Disadvantaged A8: Attainment 8 of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years or looked after; blank where the school has too few to publish. Small year groups move more from year to year.
Bury against the rest of the North West
- Trafford65.7%
- Stockport52.9%
- Warrington50.8%
- Bolton47.9%
- Manchester46.4%
- Cheshire East46.1%
- Wirral46.0%
- Lancashire45.0%
- Cheshire West and Chester44.4%
- Blackburn with Darwen44.4%
- Tameside44.3%
- Salford44.2%
- Wigan44.1%
- Westmorland and Furness42.8%
- St. Helens41.9%
- Oldham41.4%
- Rochdale41.2%
- Sefton40.2%
- Bury39.6%
- Liverpool39.1%
- Blackpool37.1%
- Halton36.5%
- Cumberland34.0%
- Knowsley26.2%
Reading these figures
- Attainment 8 is out of 90: a pupil’s grades in eight GCSE slots added up, with English and maths counted twice.
- There is no Progress 8 this year (these pupils sat no KS2 SATs), so results partly reflect each school’s intake.
- These are provisional figures; revised ones with re-marks follow in early 2027.
- Source: Department for Education, Key stage 4 performance (school-level data). Council figures are our pupil-weighted calculation over state-funded mainstream schools; independent schools are not included.