Edgar Wood Academy
Heywood Old Road, Heywood, OL10 2QN
Data last updated 22 October 2026.
- Phase: Secondary
- Gender: Mixed
- Ages: 11 to 16
- Admissions: Non-selective
- Sixth form: No
- Pupils (2025/26 census): 729 (391 boys, 338 girls)
- Capacity: 900
- Free school meals (2025/26 census): 42.7%
- Telephone: 01616769620
- Ofsted: Requires improvement (21 Nov 2023); report card, no overall grade (inspected 2 Jun 2026)
- Attainment 8: 41.4 (2025/26, provisional)
- Applications (Year 7 entry, September 2026): 198 applications, 76 places offered
Phase, type, gender, ages, admissions, sixth form, capacity and contact details are from the Department for Education's school register as at 21 October 2026. Ofsted inspection records as at 30 September 2026.
Other schools in Rochdale
- Bowlee Park Community Primary School (0.4 miles, straight line)
- St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Middleton (0.7 miles, straight line)
- St Anne's Church of England Academy (0.9 miles, straight line)
- Middleton Parish Church School (1.1 miles, straight line)
- Parkfield Primary School (1.1 miles, straight line)
- Rhodes Green CE Primary School (1.1 miles, straight line)
