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Use our free interactive tool to check whether any Bury property falls within primary or secondary school catchment zones. The Metropolitan Borough of Bury runs from Prestwich and Whitefield in the south, close to Manchester, up through Bury town to Ramsbottom and Tottington on the edge of the West Pennine Moors.
Free interactive map — enter any Bury, Prestwich, Whitefield, Radcliffe or Ramsbottom postcode and see exactly which catchment areas it falls within.
Prestwich and Whitefield sit close to the Manchester and Salford borders and attract families looking across all three boroughs. That cross-border demand keeps catchment distances at popular schools in southern Bury noticeably shorter than in the north of the borough.
Bury Council is the admissions authority for community primary and secondary schools. After looked-after children, EHC-plan holders and siblings, places are normally allocated by straight-line distance from the home address to the school.
Note that Bury Grammar School is an independent fee-paying school and is not part of the state admissions system. Bury also has academies, Roman Catholic voluntary-aided schools and schools serving the Jewish community in Prestwich, each with their own published criteria.
Bury Council publishes annual admissions information including the furthest distance offered at each oversubscribed school. Search 'Bury school admissions' on the Bury Council website.
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Click "Add School" and search by school name or postcode. The tool locates it on the interactive map automatically.
Add the radius from the school's admissions data. You can enter distances in metres for precision.
Use "Check Address" to test any Bury address. It will show you exactly how far inside or outside the catchment that property sits.
Our tool works for schools across Bury and surrounding areas:
Bury measures straight-line distance to the metre. Our tool uses the same calculation.
See how Bury catchments have moved year on year, particularly in Prestwich and Whitefield.
Plot up to 5 Bury schools at once to see overlapping catchment zones.
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No. Despite the name, Bury Grammar School is an independent fee-paying school with its own admissions process. It is not allocated by catchment, and Bury's state secondaries are comprehensive.
Schools in Prestwich and Whitefield are typically the most oversubscribed, partly because families in those areas also consider schools in neighbouring Manchester and Salford.
Yes. Bury has Roman Catholic and Church of England voluntary-aided schools, plus schools serving the Jewish community in Prestwich, which prioritise religious criteria ahead of distance.
Search 'Bury school admissions' on the Bury Council website for the furthest distance offered at each oversubscribed school.
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