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Tottington High School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Laurel Street, Tottington, Bury BL8 3LY · tottington.bury.sch.uk · 01204 882327
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected May 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 34.9
- average Attainment 8 score. Bury 43.4, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Bury Council
- Demand for places
- 0.6
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 811
- 83% of 975 places
- Local authority
- Bury
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 29.8%
- First language not English
- 10.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Bury Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 69 families put the school first and 117 places were offered; 99% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 117 | 69 | 0.6 | 99% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 153 | 99 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 174 | 85 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 188 | 100 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 183 | 114 | 0.6 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 34.9, and 22.8% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼34.9 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼22.8% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼47.1% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼8.5% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼2.99 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 105357)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 1.1 | +0.5 |
| Sixth form college | 38.3 | +13 |
| Further education | 45.7 | −11.9 |
| Apprenticeship | 2.7 | −0.2 |
| Employment | 1.1 | −4.2 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 8 | +2.1 |
| Activity not captured | 3.2 | +0.8 |
Ofsted
Tottington High School was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 14 May 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 14 May 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Nov 2022
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 105357), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2022Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Feb 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 105357)
Jul 2007Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 105357)
What parents said
36% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (134 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 36%
- Replies
- 134
- 14% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 90% who raised concerns
based on the 46% who had a child bullied
based on 38 parents (28%) with SEND