Hazel Wood High School

Hazel Wood High School has been judged to be performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating in all key areas, including the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management. The school's leaders have high expectations and have successfully implemented a curriculum that supports successful learning for all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Pupils feel safe and supported, enjoying a variety of extracurricular activities that contribute to their personal growth.

Strengths

• High expectations from leaders regarding pupil behavior.
• A diverse and respectful school community.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND.
• Successful catch-up programs for struggling readers.
• Strong curriculum planning that helps pupils build knowledge over time.
• Positive and trusting relationships between staff and pupils.
• Effective careers education supporting informed decisions.

Areas for Improvement

• Some teachers do not effectively identify and address misconceptions in students' learning.
• A small number of older pupils lack sufficient support to catch up in reading.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Hazel Wood High School attended 89.6% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 29.7% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 17.5% of pupils at Hazel Wood High School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 8 pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Hazel Wood High School had 16.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 21.4% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 17.4% of pupils at Hazel Wood High School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 2.7% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Hazel Wood High School received £9,132 and spent £8,813 for each of its 721 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,036,000 (£1,437 per pupil).

Across all 6 schools of Oak Learning Partnership, income was £11,583 and spending £11,291 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Bury · Bury local authority: places and applications

Hazel Wood High School is part of Oak Learning Partnership, which runs 8 schools. The nearest others:

• Fairfield Community Primary School Bury
• Unsworth Primary School Bury
• Elms Bank Bury
• Holcombe Brook Primary School Bury
• Philips High School Manchester
• Crosshill Special School Darwen
• Blackburn Central High School Blackburn

What is Hazel Wood High School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Hazel Wood High School is Good, from an inspection in June 2023.

When was Hazel Wood High School last inspected by Ofsted?

Hazel Wood High School was last inspected in June 2023.

How many pupils does Hazel Wood High School have?

Hazel Wood High School has 671 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hazel Wood High School cover?

Hazel Wood High School for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Hazel Wood High School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 35.6, and 20% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Hazel Wood High School?

Hazel Wood High School is at Hazel Avenue, Bury, Lancashire, BL9 7QT.