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The Heys School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Heys Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 1JZ · theheys.school · 0161 773 2052
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 34
- average Attainment 8 score. Bury 43.4, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Bury Council
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 546
- 63% of 860 places
- Local authority
- Bury
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 44.7%
- First language not English
- 34.1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Bury Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 52 families put the school first and 68 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 68 | 52 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 91 | 77 | 0.8 | 99% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 108 | 61 | 0.6 | 95% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 145 | 77 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 146 | 82 | 0.6 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 34, and 17.1% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Bury it was 43.4, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼34 | 46 | ||
| ▼17.1% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼33.3% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼30.6% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼2.88 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 105362)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| Sixth form college | 43 | +10.6 |
| Further education | 45.5 | −5.5 |
| Apprenticeship | 0.8 | −3.3 |
| Employment | 0.8 | −2 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 6.6 | −1 |
| Activity not captured | 3.3 | +2.6 |
Ofsted
The Heys School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 25 June 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 25 Jun 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, May 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 105362), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
May 2019Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Personal development, behaviour and welfare Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 105362)
Oct 2016Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 105362)
Oct 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 105362)
What parents said
62% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (66 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 62%
- Replies
- 66
- 12% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 82% who raised concerns
based on the 39% who had a child bullied
based on 19 parents (29%) with SEND