Secondary school

St Monica's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 11–16
  • Mixed
  • Roman Catholic
  • Bury
  • M25 1JH
  • No sixth form
Ofsted areas (no overall grade) · inspected Jan 2025

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 898 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 28%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 31%31%2016/17: top 34%2017/18: top 29%2018/19: top 29%2021/22: top 38%2022/23: top 36%2023/24: top 25%25% · 2023/242024/25: top 28%No exams

Against North WestArrows: North West rank change since 2021/22

Attainment 850.4 · North West 44.48/10 Above+8.4 pts
Grade 5+ English and maths55.4% · North West 40%9/10 Top 20%+10.8 pts
EBacc point score4.24 · North West 3.827/10 Above+6 pts
Progress 8 · 2023/24+0.21 · North West −0.168/10 Above
A level points per entry · 2016/17Not enough data · North West 29.2Suppressed in 2016/17 (too few pupils to publish)
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 53.1 · 202 pupils · North West 49.62016/17: 49 · 209 pupils · North West 45.42017/18: 50.1 · 213 pupils · North West 45.052018/19: 50.4 · 210 pupils · North West 45.12021/22: 50.8 · 223 pupils · North West 46.92022/23: 48.6 · 225 pupils · North West 44.32023/24: 51.1 · 215 pupils · North West 442024/25: 50.4 · 222 pupils · North West 44.453.148.6No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 37% · 209 pupils · North West 37%2017/18: 47% · 213 pupils · North West 38%2018/19: 48% · 210 pupils · North West 38%2021/22: 54% · 223 pupils · North West 45%2022/23: 48% · 225 pupils · North West 39%2023/24: 58.6% · 215 pupils · North West 39.7%2024/25: 55.4% · 222 pupils · North West 40%58.6%37%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: withheld2016/17: withheldNo exams

Not published 2017/18, 2018/19, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25Withheld 2015/16, 2016/17

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in99.4%
167 of 168 who put it first2014 · 75.1%2026 · 99.4%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st168167
2nd9815
3rd553

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2009–2025

  • Personal developmentGood
  • Quality of educationGood
  • Behaviour and attitudesGood
  • Leadership and managementGood
  • SafeguardingEffective
  1. 2009Outstandingas predecessor
  2. 2013Outstandingas predecessor
  3. 2018Inadequateas predecessor
  4. 2018Ungraded visitas predecessor
  5. 2019Requires improvementas predecessor
  6. 2023Requires improvement
  7. 2024Ungraded visit
  8. 2025All areas Good

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 20261,032
Free school meals (past 6 years)23.9%
First language not English20.5%
SEN support9.8%
EHC plan2.0%
Absence (sessions missed)7.8%
Persistently absent pupils19.7%

Girls 46.8%Boys 53.2%

89.7% full · 1,150 places · 61 in sixth form (2016/17)

Parent View

Earlier survey (before Nov 2025) · as at 1 Sep 2025 · 88 responses (8.3% of pupils)

  • My child is happy at this school86.4% agree
  • My child feels safe at this school89.8% agree
  • The school makes sure its pupils are well behaved84.1% agree
  • My child has been bullied and the school dealt with the bullying quickly and effectively · 69.3% not applicable55.6% agree
  • The school makes me aware of what my child will learn during the year88.6% agree
  • When I have raised concerns with the school they have been dealt with properly · 28.4% not applicable81% agree
  • Does your child have special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND)?18.2% yes
  • My child has SEND, and the school gives them the support they need to succeed · asked only of the 18.2% who said Yes above56.2% agree
  • The school has high expectations for my child87.5% agree
  • My child does well at this school87.5% agree
  • The school lets me know how my child is doing89.8% agree
  • There is a good range of subjects available to my child at this school92% agree
  • My child can take part in clubs and activities at this school83% agree
  • The school supports my child's wider personal development73.9% agree
  • I would recommend this school to another parent78.4% yes

Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher18.2
Pupils per adult13.5
  • Classroom teachers 50.8
  • Leadership 6
  • Teaching assistants 6.9
  • Other support 37.5

Teachers 56.8 FTE · Whole workforce 101.2 · 120 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£7,848
Spend per pupil£6,861
Staff spend per pupil£5,305
Reserve per pupil£1,581
  • +£1,687,000revenue reserve
  • +£1,053,000in-year balance

Grants £7,389 · self-generated £459 · premises £416 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: ST TERESA OF CALCUTTA CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST (22 academies) · trust reserve £1,895,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

215 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained93.5%
  • Education87.4%
  • Apprenticeship5.1%
  • Employment0.9%
  • Not sustained4.2%
  • Unknown2.3%