Hazel Wood High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 13 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Bury
Unique reference
146970
Address
Hazel Avenue, BL9 7QT

Pupils

Number of Pupils
728 (93% of total capacity)
Boys
50.5%
Girls
49.5%
First language not English
37%
Free school meals (FSM)
48.8%
Persistent absence
21.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 38.7%
Pakistani 37.8%
African 5.5%
Mixed 5.4%
Other 4.3%
Other White 3%
Unclassified 2.2%
Other Asian 1.4%
Indian 0.7%
Bangladeshi 0.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.4%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.24
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.14
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 24%
Local authority average 32%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 24%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 39.4
Local authority average 44.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.22
Local authority average 3.89
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Animal Care (Non-Agricultural)Technical Award25
Art & DesignTechnical Award35
BiologyGCSE3
English LanguageGCSE126
English LiteratureGCSE125
GeographyGCSE40
HistoryGCSE50
ItalianGCSE6
MathematicsGCSE126
Art & Design (Photography)GCSE20
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Hazel Wood High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
139
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
130
2nd preference
25
3rd preference
27
From another Local Authority
12
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
127
2nd preference
10
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
3
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes24.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
148
81
67
Year 8
150
79
71
Year 9
144
66
78
Year 10
145
73
72
Year 11
141
69
72
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
79.0%
85.6%
86.5%
Further education
48.0%
39.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
0.0%
1.2%
37.9%
Sixth form college
30.0%
44.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
9.0%
4.8%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.2%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
9.0%
5.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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