St Monica's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Manchester, Bury
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Bury Council · offers on 2 March 2026
Unlock every school · £9.99 Open on the map →St Monica's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy is a secondary school in Manchester, Bury for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 21 January 2025. Bury has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2026 entry.
St Monica's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Year 7 2026 had 168 first-choice applications for 192 offers, 0.9 first choices per offer, the 5th lowest of 13 Bury secondary schools.
- In Year 7 2026, 167 offers went to first-choice families, 1 first-choice family was not offered a place, and 25 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 55% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 50.4 (England 46).
- The 2024/25 GCSE English and maths figure was the highest of 6 schools: this one and the 5 of the 8 nearest secondary schools in Bury that have results.
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
- Bury Old Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1JH
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Bury
- Pupils on roll
- 1,032 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 21 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils’ experience of school has been transformed since the last inspection.”
- “Pupils and staff value highly the positive shift in culture that has been fostered across all areas of school life.”
- “This helps pupils to feel happy and safe.”
To improve
- “However, some teachers are less certain about how to make appropriate adaptations to activities which enable all pupils, including those who are disadvantaged or have lower rates of attendance, to learn the curriculum successfully.”
- “However, this is not always the case for some disadvantaged pupils and for some pupils with SEND.”
- “This is having a negative effect on the achievement of some of these pupils.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 March 2025 (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) | 55% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 50.4 | 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: 168 first-preference applications, 192 offers in total, 167 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.
- Manchester Mesivta School 0.4 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- The Heys School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Parrenthorn High School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Philips High School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Unsworth Academy 2.5 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Star Radcliffe Academy 3.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Derby High School 4.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bury Church of England High School 4.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published