The Elton High School
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–16 · Bury
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
0.871 miles
Published by Bury Council · offers on 2 March 2026
Year 7 last distance offered, 2021–2026 (miles)
The Elton High School is a secondary school in Bury for ages 11–16 (community school). Bury has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2026 entry.
The Elton High School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 0.871 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 0.891 mi |
| Year 7 2024 | 0.824 mi |
| Year 7 2023 | 0.457 mi |
| Year 7 2022 | 0.609 mi |
| Year 7 2021 | 0.352 mi |
| Year 7 2020 | Not published |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Year 7 2026: the last child offered a place lived 0.871 miles away, the shortest of the 7 Bury secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance.
- For Year 7 2026: 277 first-choice applications for 210 offers; 201 offers went to first-choice families, and 76 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- Year 7 2026 had 1.3 first choices per offer, the highest of 13 Bury secondary schools.
- In 2024/25, 37% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%); the Attainment 8 score was 44.3 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Bury schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Walshaw Road, Bury, BL8 1RN
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Bury
- Pupils on roll
- 1,017 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 24 February 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils describe feeling happy, safe, proud of their school and genuinely valued as members of the community.”
- “They are invested in the life of the school and demonstrate this through their positive attitudes and the care they show towards one another and to visitors.”
- “The atmosphere around the school is calm and purposeful.”
To improve
- “However, leaders’ analysis shows that attendance for older pupils, particularly in Years 10 and 11, remains noticeably lower.”
- “While governors provide challenge to leaders around pupils' attendance and behaviour, governors' support varies in its impact.”
- “However, in some subjects, some aspects of the curriculum are not delivered as consistently well as leaders intend, which leads to variation in pupils’ experiences.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 May 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 37% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 44.3 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 277 first-preference applications, 210 offers in total, 201 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Bury.
- Tottington High School 0.9 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- St Gabriel's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Bury Church of England High School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Derby High School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hazel Wood High School 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Woodhey High School 2.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Star Radcliffe Academy 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Unsworth Academy 3.5 mi Improved significantly Last distance published