Woodhey High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Bury
Bolton Road West, Bury, BL0 9QZ
70
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Not judged
Graded 15/07/2025
Application demand
85%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
93.5%
14.3% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,111
Capacity used
Over capacity106%
1,050 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
85%
1st preference success rate
222 of 262 families who put it first got an offer
224
Places offered
435
Total applications
1.9
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 262 | 222 | ● 85% |
| 2nd preference | 97 | 2 | ● 2% |
| 3rd preference | 76 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 435 | 224 | 51% |
1st preference success by year
Bury lets families list 3 preferences. 36 applications came from outside the council area (2 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 converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Dean Watson
- Address
- Bolton Road West, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9QZ
- Phone
- 01706825215
- Local authority
- Bury
- Ward / constituency
- Ramsbottom · Bury North
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 148097
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 16% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 1% | — | — |
| SEN support | 10% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: THE SHAW EDUCATION TRUST
1,111 pupils · 1,050 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
15 July 2025
Full graded inspection
Not judged overall effectivenessPersonal development Outstanding Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Leadership and management Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,130 pupils
Attendance
93.5%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
6.5%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
14.3%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
3.2%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.7%
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 | 49.2 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.05 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 52% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 74% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.46 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 47.3 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 47.2% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 73.6% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 16.7% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.03 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 216 | — |
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+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 216 | 20% | 54% | 80% | |
| English Language | 216 | 14% | 54% | 76% | |
| English Literature | 215 | 13% | 59% | 78% | |
| Combined Science | 170 | 15% | 39% | 63% | |
| Geography | 106 | 15% | 43% | 62% | |
| Business | 81 | 4% | 35% | 52% | |
| History | 75 | 20% | 48% | 63% | |
| Physical Education | 61 | 20% | 66% | 82% | |
| Spanish | 60 | 15% | 52% | 73% | |
| Computer Science | 45 | 9% | 38% | 62% | |
| Biology | 44 | 27% | 75% | 86% | |
| Physics | 44 | 34% | 75% | 86% |
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) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
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.