Philips High School
Ofsted: Requires improvementAcademy converter · Secondary
Manchester · M45 7PH · Bury
Ages 11–16
- FSM37.7%
0.0 miles away
ClosedSecondaryURN 105360
Philips High School
Community school · Manchester · M45 7PH
Ages 11–16 · 887 pupils · Bury
Attainment 8
47.4
Overall absence
8.2%
Admissions demand
0.74 · Often has places
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8+0.01
−20+2
Attainment 847.4
English & maths grade 5+46%
English & maths grade 4+66%
EBacc entry62%
EBacc APS: 4.4
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence8.2%
Persistent absence (10%+)25.1%
Unauthorised3.0%
- Authorised absence
- 5.3%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 2.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 920
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.74 · Often has places
1st preferences
135
Places offered
182
1st-preference offers
125
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 399
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 182
- Applications from outside LA
- 29
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 2
- Admissions policy (GIAS)
- Non-selective
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (18 Jan 2024).
Capacity fill101%
887 pupils · 880 places
- Pupils on roll
- 887
- Boys / girls
- 492 / 395
- School capacity
- 880
- Capacity fill
- 887 / 880 (101%)
- Free school meals
- 36.5%
- FSM pupils
- 323
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community school
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
- Headteacher
- Ms T J Owen
Location
- Address
- Higher Lane, Whitefield
- Postcode
- M45 7PH
- Town
- Manchester
- Local authority
- Bury
- District
- Bury
- Constituency
- Bury South
- Urban/rural
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community school (secondary), Ages 11–16, in Manchester, Bury, 887 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 36.5%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
The Heys School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Manchester · M25 1JZ · Bury
Ages 11–16
- Att841.3
- P8-0.5
- EM5+36%
- Absence13.7%
1.2 miles away
Parrenthorn High School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Manchester · M25 2BW · Bury
Ages 11–16
- FSM29.9%
1.5 miles away
Free schools · Secondary
Radcliffe · M26 2SZ · Bury
Ages 11–16
- FSM41.3%
1.6 miles away
Unsworth Academy
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Bury · BL9 8LP · Bury
Ages 11–16
- Att846.5
- P80.2
- EM5+39%
- Absence8.1%
1.6 miles away
Manchester Mesivta School
Ofsted: Requires improvementVoluntary aided school · Secondary
Prestwich · M25 0PH · Bury
Ages 11–18
- Att841.8
- P8-0.4
- EM5+33%
- Absence9.9%
1.7 miles away
St Monica's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Manchester · M25 1JH · Bury
Ages 11–16
- Att851.1
- P80.2
- EM5+59%
- Absence7.8%
1.9 miles away
The Derby High School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Lancs · BL9 9NH · Bury
Ages 11–16
2.5 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Ms T J Owen