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Hazel Wood High School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 671Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 146970URN

Hazel Avenue, Bury, BL9 7QT · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 2023 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.8per place
0.4 below Bury median (2.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Bury

199 applications for 113 places · 10th of 12 in Bury
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
35.6of 90
11th of 12 in Bury
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 13 March 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.8applications per place, Year 7
0.4 below Bury median (2.1) 0.5 below England median (2.2)

199 applications · 113 places offered · 102 named it first

  1. 2026 1.8; Bury median median 2.2
  2. 2025 1.3; Bury median median 2.0
  3. 2024 1.3; Bury median median 1.7
  4. 2023 1.3; Bury median median 1.8
  5. 2022 1.1; Bury median median 1.7
  6. 2021 1.0; Bury median median 1.6
  7. 2020 1.0; Bury median median 1.7
  8. 2019 0.9; Bury median median 1.2; as the previous school
  9. 2018 1.2; Bury median median 1.0; as the previous school
  10. 2017 1.1; Bury median median 1.1; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.2; Bury median median 1.1; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.4; Bury median median 1.3; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.5; Bury median median 1.1; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Bury median in 0 of 7 years.
  • This school
  • Bury median

Dashed bars: as Broad Oak Sports College (URN 105364), the previous school.

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261131991.81020.90
Sep 20251371731.31170.85
Sep 20241391861.31300.94
Sep 20231511961.31390.92
Sep 20221421621.11290.91
Sep 20211251201.0760.61
Sep 20201441501.0950.66
Sep 2019 *1491350.9880.59
Sep 2018 *1151431.2830.72
Sep 2017 *1151301.1780.68
Sep 2016 *1211411.2890.74
Sep 2015 *1051451.4910.87
Sep 2014 *1061581.51020.96

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

138 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)35.611th of 12 in Bury
Grade 5 or above in English and maths20%12th of 12 in Bury
Grade 4 or above in English and maths41%
  • This school
  • Bury median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.02
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)13835.620%41%–
2024/2513835.725%46%–
2023/2413942.134%59%+0.02
2022/2312739.424%47%+0.24

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
146970 · 351/4001
Trust
Oak Learning Partnership
Capacity
600 pupils · 671 on roll
Free school meals
57.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 April 2019
Replaced
Broad Oak Sports College (URN 105364)
Address
Hazel Avenue, Bury, BL9 7QT
Local authority
Bury

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources