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Edgar Wood Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Free school
Heywood Old Road, Heywood OL10 2QN · edgarwood.org · 0161 676 9620
On the mapSearch near OL10 2QN
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jun 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Demand for places
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 729
- 81% of 900 places
- Local authority
- Rochdale
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 42.7%
- First language not English
- 16.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 52 families put the school first and 76 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 | 76 | 52 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 144 | 101 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 176 | 191 | 1.1▲ | 86% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 171 | 238 | 1.4▲ | 69% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 178 | 171 | 1 | 98% |
Results
| 2024/25 | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | n/a | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | n/a | 45.4% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | n/a | 64.8% |
| Entered for EBacc | n/a | 40.5% |
| EBacc average points | n/a | 4.09 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Edgar Wood Academy on 2 June 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 2 Jun 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Nov 2023
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
- May 2025Monitoring visitEffective action
Nov 2023Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
32% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (56 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 32%
- Replies
- 56
- 9% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 82% who raised concerns
based on the 50% who had a child bullied
based on 18 parents (32%) with SEND