Secondary school

Hazel Wood High School

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 11–16
  • Mixed
  • Bury
  • BL9 7QT
  • No sixth form
Ofsted Good · inspected Mar 2023

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 3,028 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 93%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 89%89%2016/17: top 98%2017/18: top 96%2018/19: top 98%2021/22: top 88%2022/23: top 82%2023/24: top 68%68% · 2023/242024/25: top 93%No exams

Against North West

Attainment 835.7 · North West 44.42/10 Well below North West−6.4 pts since 21/22
Grade 5+ English and maths25.4% · North West 40%2/10 Well below North West
EBacc point score3.25 · North West 3.822/10 Well below North West
Progress 8 · 2023/24+0.02 · North West −0.167/10 Above+60.3 pts since 18/19
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 42.9 · 111 pupils · North West 49.62016/17: 32.8 · 108 pupils · North West 45.42017/18: 34.3 · 109 pupils · North West 45.052018/19: 33.1 · 114 pupils · North West 45.12021/22: 39.9 · 122 pupils · North West 46.92022/23: 39.4 · 127 pupils · North West 44.32023/24: 42.1 · 139 pupils · North West 442024/25: 35.7 · 138 pupils · North West 44.442.932.8No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 12% · 108 pupils · North West 37%2017/18: 18% · 109 pupils · North West 38%2018/19: 19% · 114 pupils · North West 38%2021/22: 30% · 122 pupils · North West 45%2022/23: 24% · 127 pupils · North West 39%2023/24: 33.8% · 139 pupils · North West 39.7%2024/25: 25.4% · 138 pupils · North West 40%33.8%12%No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in99.0%
101 of 102 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 99.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st102101
2nd4711
3rd471

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2007–2023

  1. 2007Satisfactoryas predecessor
  2. 2011Satisfactoryas predecessor
  3. 2013Requires improvementas predecessor
  4. 2014Goodas predecessor
  5. 2018Inadequateas predecessor
  6. 2019Ungraded visitas predecessor
  7. 2023Good

4 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

4 areas graded · safeguarding effective

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026671
Free school meals (past 6 years)55.6%
First language not English36.9%
SEN support11.9%
EHC plan2.5%
Absence (sessions missed)10.4%
Persistently absent pupils29.6%

Girls 48.1%Boys 51.9%

111.8% full · 600 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher16.2
Pupils per adult10.9
  • Classroom teachers 36.3
  • Leadership 5
  • Teaching assistants 8.3
  • Other support 22.4

Teachers 41.3 FTE · Whole workforce 72.1 · 75 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£9,022
Spend per pupil£8,096
Staff spend per pupil£6,287
Reserve per pupil£1,316
  • +£949,000revenue reserve
  • +£668,000in-year balance

Grants £9,234 · self-generated £67 · premises £440 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: OAK LEARNING PARTNERSHIP (7 academies) · trust reserve £4,908,000 · 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

139 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained89.9%
  • Education86.3%
  • Apprenticeship0.7%
  • Employment2.9%
  • Not sustained5%
  • Unknown5%