The area was the site of Bury's first comprehensive school, built in 1971.
Unsworth has four primary schools, Unsworth Primary School[REF] off Parr Lane,[REF] Sunny Bank Primary School,[REF] Hollins Grundy Primary School, established in 1972 off Hollins Lane[REF] and Bury and Whitefield Jewish Primary School, established in 1984 [REF].