Edgar Wood Academy
Secondary · Free schools · Ages 11–16 · Heywood, Rochdale
Edgar Wood Academy is a secondary school in Heywood, Rochdale for ages 11–16 (free schools). Rochdale has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2026 entry.
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Key facts
- Address
- Heywood Old Road, Heywood, OL10 2QN
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Rochdale
- Pupils on roll
- 729 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 42.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 2 June 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils are delighted by the improvements that leaders have recently made to the school.”
- “In particular, pupils appreciate that staffing has stabilised and many cited their teachers as the best thing about school.”
- “Warm and positive interactions between staff and pupils begin when pupils line up in the morning and continue throughout the day.”
To improve
- “However, difficulties with writing persist for a small number of pupils.”
- “However, overall rates of attendance are still not high enough.”
- “Some pupils do not attend school as often as they should.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 July 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 52 first-preference applications, 76 offers in total, 52 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Last distance offered and catchment
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- Last distance offered for Year 7 2026, as Rochdale published it, drawn on the map
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- Earlier years of exam results
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A last distance offered describes one past year and is not a catchment or a promise of a place. Check with the council before you apply.
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Straight-line distance, in Rochdale.
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