Philips High School
Academy converter in Manchester, M45 7PH, taking ages 11 to 16, 868 on roll.
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In the latest published round, the furthest child offered a place lived 4.38 miles away.
Applying for September 2027? Secondary applications close 31 October 2026; offers on 1 March 2027.
How this compares: every Bury school's distance, tightest first →
The circle is 4.38 miles, the distance the school admitted from in the latest published year.
Philips High School: 4.38 miles All Saints Church of England Primary School, Stand: 0.99 miles, published by Bury
How to read this
Most English schools do not have a catchment area. When Philips High School is oversubscribed, places go outward from the school until they run out, so the distance moves each year with how many families applied and where they lived.
Distances are measured from the postcode's centre, not a front door; a postcode covers a few houses. Siblings, looked-after children come before distance, so a school can fill before distance counts at all.
Real admission areas are not circular: the circle is the distance, not a boundary. The labels on the map are postcode districts whose centre falls inside both circles; each opens the district's guide.
The address on the closing date is the one the council uses. How admissions work.
Source: Bury, published admission distances
Where Philips High School and All Saints Church of England Primary School, Stand are both in reach
Both distances are drawn on the map above. All Saints Church of England Primary School, Stand admitted from 0.99 miles in the latest published year, published by Bury. Its own page has the rest of its figures.
The postcode districts whose centre falls inside both published distances, cheapest first by the median of real sales around each district's centre. The cheapest is M45 at £223,000. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list.
| District | Area | From Philips High School | From All Saints Church of England Primary School, Stand | Median sold price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M45 | Bury | 0.4 mi | 0.6 mi | £223,000 103 sales |
Sold prices from HM Land Registry, via each district's area guide. Distances measured from each district's centre to each school's point on the Department for Education register.
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If the answer is no, you can appeal. In Bury, 46 of 158 secondary appeals succeeded in 2025 (29.1%; England 19.9%), counted for all the council's schools together. How every council compares.
Other schools nearby with a published distance
The closest schools to Philips High School that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.
| School | Phase | Admitted from | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher Lane Primary School Both in reach | Primary | 0.98 mi | 0.2 mi |
| All Saints Church of England Primary School, Stand Both in reach | Primary | 0.99 mi | 0.8 mi |
| Chapelfield Primary School Both in reach | Primary | 0.83 mi | 0.9 mi |
| Heaton Park Primary School Both in reach | Primary | 2.05 mi | 1.0 mi |
| Unsworth Primary School Both in reach | Primary | 0.64 mi | 1.1 mi |
| Sunny Bank Primary School Both in reach | Primary | 1.0 mi | 1.2 mi |
The distance as a picture
What kind of school this is
| Admissions | Non-selective |
| Religious character | No religious character |
| Sixth form | Does not have a sixth form |
| How full | 868 pupils in 880 places (99% full) |
| Trust | OAK LEARNING PARTNERSHIP |
| Local authority | Bury |
Department for Education register (GIAS).
How the school is doing
| Ofsted | Requires improvement, inspected 20 October 2022 |
| Attainment 8 | 50.3 (2024/25) |
Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.
Who goes to Philips High School
| Girls and boys | 46.5% girls, 53.5% boys |
| English as an additional language | 16.2% of pupils |
| Free school meals | 37.7% of pupils eligible |
DfE school census, most recent published year.
What it costs to live within reach of Philips High School
Cheapest district inside the 4.38 miles: M26, median £135,000. Dearest: M7, £320,000.
| District | Area | From the school | Median sold price |
|---|---|---|---|
| M26 | Bury | 1.8 mi | £135,000 105 sales |
| BL4 | Bolton | 4.2 mi | £140,000 75 sales |
| BL9 | Bury | 3.2 mi | £145,000 78 sales |
| M8 | Manchester | 3.6 mi | £150,000 48 sales |
| M24 | Rochdale | 4.2 mi | £170,000 72 sales |
| BL8 | Bury | 4.2 mi | £195,000 118 sales |
| M9 | Manchester | 3.9 mi | £200,000 87 sales |
| M45 | Bury | 0.4 mi | £223,000 103 sales |
| M6 | Salford | 3.7 mi | £223,700 73 sales |
| M25 | Bury | 1.6 mi | £285,000 111 sales |
| M7 | Salford | 3.2 mi | £320,000 64 sales |
How to read this
The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 4.38 miles the school admitted from in the latest published year, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list. Districts without enough recorded sales to rank are not shown.
How this compares across England: what a tight gate costs, school by school.
Source: HM Land Registry sold prices, via each district's area guide
Getting to Philips High School by bus
Best-served stop: Philips High School, 80 yd away, with 1.0 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; first bus 06:21, last 20:32.
Every stop within 600 m
| Stop | From the school | Weekday daytime, an hour | Evening | Sunday | Routes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philips High School | 80 yd | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 513, 890 |
| Philips High School | 120 yd | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 513, 890 |
| Park Lane | 141 yd | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 895 |
These are scheduled departures, not buses observed running. Two stops on opposite sides of a road are two rows.
Source: operators' timetables on the Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport), week of 8 Sep 2026
The fee-paying alternative
Weighing Philips High School against the independent sector? Every fee-paying school around M45: ages, selection, and how full each one is → What it costs to live at M45 7PH, by the school: council tax, energy, prices, rent, stamp duty →
Checking the house as well as the school
The full report checks one address against every nearby school, with sold prices, flood risk and crime.
Common questions
What is the catchment area for Philips High School?
Philips High School does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in the latest published year lived 4.38 miles away, per Bury.
How close do I need to live to get a place at Philips High School?
Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 4.38 miles was enough in the latest published year, and at 99% full the school has little slack. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.
Does buying a house near Philips High School guarantee a place?
No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings ahead of distance, so places can be filled before distance is reached. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.
Every Bury school's distance
All Bury schools with a published admission distance, tightest first →
How school admissions actually work, and what the distance means →
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