Star Radcliffe Academy
Secondary · Free schools · Ages 11–16 · Radcliffe, Bury
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
2.535 miles
Published by Bury Council · offers on 2 March 2026
Year 7 last distance offered, 2025–2026 (miles)
Star Radcliffe Academy is a secondary school in Radcliffe, Bury for ages 11–16 (free schools). Bury has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 to 2026 entry.
Star Radcliffe 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 | 2.535 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 0.953 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Year 7 place for 2026 lived 2.535 miles away, the 3rd longest of 7 Bury secondary schools with a published last distance.
- For Year 7, the last distance offered in 2026 was further from the school than in 2025.
- Year 7 entry in 2026 had 134 first-choice applications for 148 offers; 132 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 41.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Bury is 29.9%.
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
- Spring Lane, Radcliffe, M26 2SZ
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Bury
- Pupils on roll
- 286 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 41.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 134 first-preference applications, 148 offers in total, 132 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.
- The Derby High School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Philips High School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bury Church of England High School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Gabriel's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Unsworth Academy 2.1 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- The Elton High School 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Heys School 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Parrenthorn High School 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published