Philips High School
Secondary schoolPhilips High School is a secondary school in Bury, for pupils aged 11 to 16. It had 868 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Requires improvement (overall), June 2022, before the school changed
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 14 June 2022
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Philips High School was 46.2, against 42.9 in Bury and 46.2 in England.
39.4% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Bury | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 46.2 | 42.9 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 39.4% | 38.6% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 61.2% | 58.9% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 170 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Higher Lane Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, December 2025: safeguarding met. 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)300 m
- Whitefield Community Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), November 2021, before the school changed. 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1 km
- Cloughside CollegeSpecial. School remains Good, January 20241.2 km
- Ribble Drive Community Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), November 2019, before the school changed. 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
- Our Lady of Grace RC Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, March 2023. 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.3 km
- All Saints Church of England Primary School, StandPrimary. School remains Good, March 2023. 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.4 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Bury
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).