Hazel Wood High School
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Bury
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Bury Council · offers on 2 March 2026
Year 7 last distance offered, 2020–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Hazel Wood High School is a secondary school in Bury for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 13 March 2023. Bury has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2026 entry.
Hazel Wood High School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2024 | 1.430 mi |
| Year 7 2023 | 1.108 mi |
| Year 7 2022 | 3.232 mi |
| Year 7 2021 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2020 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 25% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 35.7 (England 46).
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 102 first-choice applications for 113 offers; 101 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family was not offered a place.
- The share of pupils eligible for free school meals is 57.4%, against a middle figure of 29.7% across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Bury.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Bury schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Hazel Avenue, Bury, BL9 7QT
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Council
- Bury
- Pupils on roll
- 671 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 57.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 13 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy to attend this school.”
- “They wear their uniform with pride.”
- “Leaders have high expectations of pupils’ behaviour.”
To improve
- “In the past, pupils did not achieve as well as they should.”
- “As a result, some of these pupils did not achieve as well as they should in a small number of subjects.”
- “However, in a few subjects, some teachers do not identify and address pupils’ misconceptions effectively enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 June 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 25% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 35.7 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 102 first-preference applications, 113 offers in total, 101 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Bury.
- Bury Church of England High School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Gabriel's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- The Derby High School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Unsworth Academy 2.2 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- The Elton High School 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Star Radcliffe Academy 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Tottington High School 2.9 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Parrenthorn High School 3.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published