Edgar Wood Academy

State-Funded School

edgar-wood-academy-rochdale-north-west

North WestRegion

RochdaleLocal Authority

Heywood and Middleton NorthConstituency

OL10 2QNPostcode

0.6

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Edgar Wood Academy is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–16, located in Rochdale, North West.

The school is rated Requires improvement by Ofsted. It currently serves 729 pupils. Edgar Wood Academy is part of Altus Education Partnership.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Requires improvement

Ethnicity

White

74%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

729

Total Pupils

54%Boys

46%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

43%

England average

27%

First language not English

17%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 16
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 729
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: Altus Education Partnership

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
18 Jan 2024	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Requires improvement	Requires improvement

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.