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St Gabriel's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Bridge Road, Bury BL9 0TZ · stgabrielshigh.stoccat.org.uk · 0161 764 3186
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2023
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 46
- average Attainment 8 score. Bury 43.4, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Bury Council
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,027
- 98% of 1,050 places
- Local authority
- Bury
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 25.5%
- First language not English
- 25.2%
- 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, 150 families put the school first and 189 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 | 189 | 150 | 0.8 | 99% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 181 | 153 | 0.8 | 99% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 203 | 179 | 0.9 | 96% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 205 | 174 | 0.8 | 99% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 207 | 188 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 46, and 38.5% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●46 | 46 | ||
| ▼38.5% | 45.4% | ||
| ●63.0% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼28.8% | 40.5% | ||
| ●3.96 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 105367)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| Sixth form college | 47.1 | −7.2 |
| Further education | 40.5 | +9.7 |
| Apprenticeship | 1.9 | 0 |
| Employment | 3.8 | +1.9 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 5.2 | −1.5 |
| Activity not captured | 1.4 | −1.5 |
Ofsted
St Gabriel's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 7 March 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 7 Mar 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Feb 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 105367), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
- Feb 2020Monitoring visitEffective action
Before September 2019
Feb 2019Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Personal development, behaviour and welfare Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 105367)
Sept 2011Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 105367)
Oct 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 105367)
What parents said
77% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (172 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 77%
- Replies
- 172
- 16% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 79% who raised concerns
based on the 45% who had a child bullied
based on 40 parents (23%) with SEND