School profile
Edgar Wood Academy
Heywood Old Road, Heywood, OL10 2QN
Overview
Edgar Wood Academy is a state-funded school (free schools) in Heywood, North West, for pupils aged 11–16. This summary is generated only from official structured fields.
School details
- Official establishment type
- Free schools
- Establishment group
- Free Schools
- Phase of education
- Secondary
- Age range
- Ages 11–16
- Gender of entry
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- No
- School capacity
- 900
- Pupils on roll
- 729
- URN
- 148596
Admissions
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Local authority
- Rochdale
- Academy trust or group
- ALTUS EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP
Contact the school or your local authority for catchment and application deadlines.
School places
DfE school capacity survey · May 2025 (2024/25)
- Capacity at survey date
- 900
- Pupils on roll
- 617
- Unfilled places at survey date
- 283
A dated snapshot from the Department for Education school capacity survey, separate from the school details above. Unfilled places at the survey date do not mean places are currently available for admission. About this data
Official admissions data
Applications & demand
Preferences expressed by families through coordinated admissions, shown over time.
2026/27 admissions · Year 7
- First preferences
- 52
- Total preferences
- 198
- Offers made
- 76
Times the school was named as a family's first preference.
All recorded preference positions for this school.
Offers recorded through coordinated admissions, not physical capacity.
First preferences compared with offers
0.68 first preferences per offer
52 first preferences and 76 offers were recorded for 2026/27.
What does this mean?
This is the Department for Education's own published comparison of first preferences with total offers recorded. It indicates the level of requests made through coordinated admissions. Offers are not necessarily the school's maximum capacity, admissions arrangements vary between local authorities, the figure is not a measure of school quality, and it should not be used on its own to judge the likelihood of gaining a place.
First preferences over time
Latest five available admissions years. Missing years are not estimated.
Admissions history
| Admissions year | First preferences | Total preferences | Offers made |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 52 | 198 | 76 |
| 2025/26 | 101 | 329 | 144 |
| 2024/25 | 191 | 543 | 176 |
| 2023/24 | 238 | 571 | 171 |
| 2022/23 | 171 | 396 | 178 |
Source: Department for Education · Applications and offers data.
Official inspection data
Ofsted inspections
Inspection information published by Ofsted, shown in Ofsted's own words.
Ofsted report card
Inspected 2 June 2026 · Published 1 July 2026
Renewed education inspection framework
- Safeguarding standards
- Met
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Early years (where applicable)
- Not applicable
- Post-16 provision (where applicable)
- Not applicable
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
Previous inspection information
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 21 November 2023 · Published 18 January 2024
Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement
Safeguarding was effective: Yes
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Source: Ofsted · Inspections and outcomes. Official Ofsted page for this school
Location
- Address
- Heywood Old Road, Heywood, OL10 2QN
- Local authority
- Rochdale
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