Hazel Wood High School
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Mixed · Bury
Hazel Avenue, Bury, BL9 7QT
60
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Good
Graded 13/03/2023
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
89.6%
29.6% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
671
Capacity used
Over capacity112%
600 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
117 of 117 families who put it first got an offer
137
Places offered
173
Total applications
1.3
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 117 | 117 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 38 | 17 | ● 45% |
| 3rd preference | 18 | 3 | ● 17% |
| Total | 173 | 137 | 79% |
1st preference success by year
Bury lets families list 3 preferences. 8 applications came from outside the council area (5 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Adele Hulton
- Address
- Hazel Avenue, Bury, BL9 7QT
- Phone
- 01617976543
- Local authority
- Bury
- Ward / constituency
- Bury East · Bury North
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 146970
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 57% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 37% | — | — |
| SEN support | 10% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: OAK LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
671 pupils · 600 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
13 March 2023
Full graded inspection
Good overall effectivenessPersonal development Good Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 752 pupils
Attendance
89.6%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
10.4%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
29.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
6.5%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
5.8%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 42.1 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.02 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 34% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 59% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.79 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 35.7 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 25.4% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 45.7% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 61.6% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.25 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 138 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 138 | 10% | 39% | 52% | |
| English Literature | 138 | 9% | 33% | 50% | |
| Mathematics | 137 | 8% | 30% | 55% | |
| Combined Science | 135 | 7% | 24% | 41% | |
| Spanish | 83 | 10% | 28% | 39% | |
| History | 77 | 6% | 27% | 39% | |
| Religious Studies | 52 | 37% | 63% | 77% | |
| Geography | 35 | 9% | 37% | 40% | |
| Music | 10 | 0% | 10% | 30% | |
| Urdu | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Biology | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Italian | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Bury council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.