Redwood
Hudsons Walk, Rochdale, OL11 5EW
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Paul Evans
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, VI - Visual Impairment, OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, HI - Hearing Impairment, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, PD - Physical Disability, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Heywood and Middleton North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 360
- Pupils on roll
- 365
- URN
- 135202
- Local authority
- Rochdale
- Telephone
- 01706750815
About this school
Redwood is a community special school in Rochdale. It teaches children aged 11 to 19 and has 365 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 15 June 2022, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 34 | 39 | 54 |
| Attainment 8 score | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.1 |
| Progress 8 score | -1.59 -2.11 to -1.08 | -1.58 -2.04 to -1.12 | - |
| 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 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 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 Redwood 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 | 0.2 | 36.6 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 0.8 | 37.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 1.1 | 34.2 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 14.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 15.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 14.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 326 |
| 2023/24 | 337 |
| 2024/25 | 344 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 53.31%
- English as an additional language
- 27%
- Overall absence
- 14.16%
- Persistent absence
- 42.86%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Willow View School0.9 miles
Special schools · Rochdale
-
Beech House School1.1 miles
Independent schools · Rochdale
-
Healey Learning Centre1.2 miles
Special schools · Rochdale
-
Whitehall Academy1.3 miles
Special schools · Rochdale
-
Nuqtah Primary School1.5 miles
Independent schools · Rochdale
Other schools in Rochdale
- Great Howarth School Special schools
- Healey Learning Centre Special schools
- Heywood Academy Free Schools
- Meadows School Special schools
- Raise Rochdale Pupil Referral Service Local authority maintained schools
- Whitehall Academy Special schools
- Willow View School Special schools
- Howard Street Nursery School Nursery
- Alice Ingham Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Primary
- All Saints Church of England Primary School Primary
- Ashfield Valley Primary School Primary
- Belfield Community School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Redwood teach?
- Redwood teaches children aged 11 to 19. It is a special school in Rochdale.
- Who is the headteacher of Redwood?
- The headteacher of Redwood is Mr Paul Evans, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Redwood last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Redwood, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Redwood?
- Redwood has 365 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 19.
- Is Redwood full?
- Redwood has capacity for 360 pupils and 365 on roll (101%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Redwood a faith school?
- No. Redwood has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Redwood have?
- The schools register lists Redwood's special educational needs provision as: SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty; VI - Visual Impairment; OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability; HI - Hearing Impairment; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health; MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment; PD - Physical Disability; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Redwood's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 0.2 in 2022/23 and 1.1 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Redwood's absence rate?
- Redwood's overall absence rate is 14.2% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Redwood's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Redwood'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 1 July 2026.