Oak Haven School
Sutherland Road, Heywood, OL10 3PY
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 7 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Ms Narda Sestanovic
- SEN provision
- SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Constituency
- Heywood and Middleton North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 100
- Pupils on roll
- 98
- URN
- 105861
- Local authority
- Rochdale
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01706804178
About this school
Oak Haven School is a community special school in Heywood. It teaches children aged 7 to 16 and has 98 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Oak Haven School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 10 | 4 | 4 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | - | - |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | - | - |
| Expected standard in reading | 10% | - | - |
| Expected standard in maths | 10% | - | - |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | - | - |
| Average scaled score in reading | 91.0 | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | 87.0 | - | - |
| Reading progress | -2.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -9.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -4.40 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
| Attainment 8 score | 2.1 | 4.6 | 1.0 |
| Progress 8 score | -2.71 -3.35 to -2.08 | -2.11 -2.75 to -1.48 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.1 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Oak Haven School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Rochdale average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 2.1 | 36.6 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 4.6 | 37.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 1 | 34.2 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 35.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 36.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 41.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 92 |
| 2023/24 | 87 |
| 2024/25 | 81 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 79.01%
- English as an additional language
- 1.2%
- Overall absence
- 41.56%
- Persistent absence
- 84.09%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Heywood Academy1.0 miles
Free Schools · Rochdale
-
Ash Grove School1.5 miles
Academies · Bury
-
Cambian Chesham House School1.6 miles
Special schools
-
Brookhaven School2.1 miles
Free Schools · Bury
-
Bury Grammar Schools2.4 miles
Independent schools · Bury
Other schools in Heywood
- All Souls Church of England Primary School Primary
- Harwood Park Primary School Primary
- Hopwood Community Primary School Primary
- Our Lady & St Paul's RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Primary
- St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Rochdale, a Voluntary Academy Primary
- St Luke's Church of England Primary School Primary
- St Margaret's Church of England Primary School Primary
- St Michael's Church of England Primary School, Bamford Primary
- Woodland Community Primary School Primary
- Edgar Wood Academy Secondary
- Holy Family Roman Catholic and Church of England College Secondary
- Newhouse Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Oak Haven School teach?
- Oak Haven School teaches children aged 7 to 16. It is a special school in Heywood.
- Who is the headteacher of Oak Haven School?
- The headteacher of Oak Haven School is Ms Narda Sestanovic, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Oak Haven School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Oak Haven School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Oak Haven School?
- Oak Haven School has 98 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 16.
- Is Oak Haven School full?
- Oak Haven School has capacity for 100 pupils and 98 on roll (98%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Oak Haven School a faith school?
- No. Oak Haven School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Oak Haven School have?
- The schools register lists Oak Haven School's special educational needs provision as: SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- What is Oak Haven School's absence rate?
- Oak Haven School's overall absence rate is 41.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Oak Haven School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Oak Haven School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.