Newhouse Academy
Newhouse Road, Heywood, OL10 2NT
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- HOLLINGWORTH LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Alex Burnham
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Hollingworth Learning Trust
- Constituency
- Heywood and Middleton North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,050
- Pupils on roll
- 974
- URN
- 147875
- Local authority
- Rochdale
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01706369436
About this school
Newhouse Academy is a secondary academy in Heywood. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 974 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
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
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 201 | 202 | 182 |
| Attainment 8 score | 40.4 | 40.1 | 38.9 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.51 -0.71 to -0.31 | -0.36 -0.57 to -0.16 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 34% | 33.2% | 29.7% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 52% | 54% | 52.7% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 22% | 26.7% | 30.8% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 |
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 Newhouse Academy 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 | 40.4 | 36.6 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 40.1 | 37.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 38.9 | 34.2 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 998 |
| 2023/24 | 1,007 |
| 2024/25 | 980 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Newhouse Academy compares
Newhouse Academy ranked 10th of 11 secondary schools in Rochdale for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 35% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 11% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 38.9 | 9.1% | 45.7% | 974 | — |
| Holy Family Roman Catholic and Church of England College | 43.4 | 7.5% | 23.5% | 768 | 0.4 miles |
| St Anne's Church of England Academy | 44.1 | 8.8% | 51.4% | 817 | 1.2 miles |
| Edgar Wood Academy | — | 9.7% | 45.5% | 729 | 1.4 miles |
| Matthew Moss High School | 39.4 | 8.4% | 43.7% | 1,198 | 1.8 miles |
| Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School | 40.9 | 7.5% | 28.7% | 1,186 | 1.9 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 45.71%
- English as an additional language
- 12.9%
- Overall absence
- 9.11%
- Persistent absence
- 28.01%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Holy Family Roman Catholic and Church of England College0.4 miles
Secondary · Heywood
-
St Anne's Church of England Academy1.2 miles
Secondary · Manchester
-
Edgar Wood Academy1.4 miles
Secondary · Heywood
-
Matthew Moss High School1.8 miles
Secondary · Rochdale
-
Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School1.9 miles
Secondary · Manchester
Other schools in Heywood
- Edgar Wood Academy Secondary
- Holy Family Roman Catholic and Church of England College Secondary
- 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
- Oak Haven School Special schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Newhouse Academy teach?
- Newhouse Academy teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Heywood.
- Who is the headteacher of Newhouse Academy?
- The headteacher of Newhouse Academy is Mr Alex Burnham, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Newhouse Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Newhouse Academy, 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 Newhouse Academy?
- Newhouse Academy has 974 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Newhouse Academy full?
- Newhouse Academy has capacity for 1,050 pupils and 974 on roll (93%), so it has space against 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 Newhouse Academy a faith school?
- No. Newhouse Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Newhouse Academy a selective school?
- No. Newhouse Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Newhouse Academy?
- Newhouse Academy is part of HOLLINGWORTH LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Newhouse Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 40.4 in 2022/23 and 38.9 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Newhouse Academy rank locally?
- Newhouse Academy ranked 10th of 11 secondary schools in Rochdale for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 35% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 11% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Newhouse Academy's absence rate?
- Newhouse Academy's overall absence rate is 9.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Newhouse Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Newhouse Academy'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 10 July 2026.