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Unsworth Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Parr Lane, Bury BL9 8LP · unsworthacademy.org.uk · 0161 796 9820
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2019
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 45.4
- average Attainment 8 score. Bury 43.4, England 46
- Last distance offered
- 8.63 mi
- 13.89 km · Year 7, September 2026 entry · Category 3 (other children) · Bury Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 953
- 18 over 935 places · 102%
- Local authority
- Bury
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 31.4%
- First language not English
- 9.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, the last place offered under “Category 3 (other children)” went to a home 8.63 mi (13.89 km) from the school. Source: Bury Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 191 families put the school first and 199 places were offered; 99% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 199 | 191 | 1 | 99% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 199 | 189 | 0.9 | 98% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 194 | 266 | 1.4▲ | 73% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 200 | 222 | 1.1▲ | 86% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 198 | 201 | 1▲ | 93% |
Last distance offered
| Year 7 – Category 3 (other children) | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 8.63 mi13.89 km | |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 45.4, and 38.1% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Bury it was 43.4, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●45.4 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼38.1% | 45.4% | ||
| ●63.0% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼20.1% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.88 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 105363)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| Sixth form college | 40.6 | −3.8 |
| Further education | 41.1 | +1.3 |
| Apprenticeship | 2.2 | −2.3 |
| Employment | 3.9 | −1.4 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 6.1 | +2.3 |
| Activity not captured | 6.1 | +5.3 |
Ofsted
Unsworth Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 12 November 2019, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Apr 2025 found: Improved significantly.
- Outcome
- Improved significantly
- Inspected
- 23 Apr 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 105363), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2019Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Apr 2016Inadequate
Leadership and management Inadequate Safeguarding Not effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 105363)
What parents said
86% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (96 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 86%
- Replies
- 96
- 10% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 83% who raised concerns
based on the 40% who had a child bullied
based on 29 parents (30%) with SEND