Report card · inspected Jun 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in Rochdale
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 2 June 2026Report card · 6 Expected standard
- 21 November 2023Graded inspection: Requires improvement
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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 entry198 applications · 76 places offered · 52 named it first
- 2026 2.6; Rochdale median median 2.7
- 2025 2.3; Rochdale median median 2.3
- 2024 3.1; Rochdale median median 2.4
- 2023 3.3; Rochdale median median 2.4
- 2022 2.2; Rochdale median median 2.2
- This school
- Rochdale median
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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 76 | 198 | 2.6 | 52 | 0.68 |
| Sep 2025 | 144 | 329 | 2.3 | 101 | 0.70 |
| Sep 2024 | 176 | 543 | 3.1 | 191 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2023 | 171 | 571 | 3.3 | 238 | 1.39 |
| Sep 2022 | 178 | 396 | 2.2 | 171 | 0.96 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 115 | 41.4 | 32% | 57% | – |
| 2024/25 | 0 | – | |||
| 2023/24 | 0 | – | |||
| 2022/23 | 0 | – |
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
- Edgar Wood AcademyThis schoolThis school20262.6applications per place 41.4Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · RochdaleGood20242.9applications per place 43.3Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · RochdaleRequires improvement20231.8applications per place 44.0Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · Rochdale20262.9applications per place 46.0Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · Rochdale20263.0applications per place 51.8Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · Manchester20252.8applications per place 49.6Attainment 8
- 3.2 km · BuryImproved significantly20252.2applications per place 43.2Attainment 8
- 3.2 km · BuryGood20232.2applications per place 45.4Attainment 8
- 3.3 km · RochdaleRemains Good · concerns noted20241.7applications per place 41.9Attainment 8
- 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
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 148596 · 354/4004
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 900 pupils · 729 on roll
- Free school meals
- 42.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2021
- Address
- Heywood Old Road, Heywood, OL10 2QN
- Local authority
- Rochdale
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources