Secondary
Unsworth Academy
Parr Lane, Bury, BL9 8LP
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 953 of 935 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.7
- Local authority
- Bury
- Trust
- THE SHAW EDUCATION TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 51.4
- All staff (FTE)
- 80.0
- Pupils per adult
- 12.0
- Pupils
- 963
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected April 2025
Improved significantly
Still graded as at
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
SafeguardingMet
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
38%
Level with the Bury average (38% across 11 schools)
45.4
2.1 above the Bury average (43.3 across 11 schools)
3rd of 11 by our score, among the secondary schools in Bury we can score - 19 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 45.4 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.88 |
| Entered the EBacc | 20% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 63% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 38% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 47% |
| 22/23 | 42% |
| 23/24 | 39% |
| 24/25 | 38% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.25 |
| 22/23 | +0.03 |
| 23/24 | +0.21 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 45.9 |
| 22/23 | 47.5 |
| 23/24 | 46.5 |
| 24/25 | 45.4 |
Parr Lane, Bury, BL9 8LP
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Bury admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Martin Stewart
- Address
- Parr Lane, Bury, BL9 8LP
- Telephone
- 01617969820