Outwood Academy Haydock

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
No rating
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
St. Helens
Unique reference
148522
Address
Clipsley Lane, Haydock, WA11 0JG

Pupils

Number of Pupils
856 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
48.8%
Girls
51.2%
First language not English
5.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
36.9%
Persistent absence
32.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
20.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 89.3%
Other White 2.6%
African 2.5%
Mixed 2%
Other Asian 1.2%
Other 0.9%
Irish 0.7%
Unclassified 0.5%
Chinese 0.2%
Indian 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.05
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.35
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 49%
Local authority average 39%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 36%
Local authority average 38%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 43.9
Local authority average 42.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.88
Local authority average 3.62
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Animal Care (Non-Agricultural)Technical Award24
Sports StudiesTechnical Award33
Health StudiesTechnical Award20
MultimediaTechnical Award30
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award15
Speech & DramaTechnical Award16
Art & DesignGCSE27
BiologyGCSE31
ChemistryGCSE31
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE16
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Outwood Academy Haydock

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
154
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
145
2nd preference
94
3rd preference
57
From another Local Authority
3
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
145
2nd preference
5
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes24.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
178
78
100
Year 8
170
84
86
Year 9
182
88
94
Year 10
156
81
75
Year 11
170
87
83
Year 2023-2024

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