Outwood Academy Haydock
Clipsley Lane, Haydock, St. Helens, WA11 0JG
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- OUTWOOD GRANGE ACADEMIES TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Philip Abram
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Outwood Grange Academies Trust
- SEN provision
- MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- St Helens North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 900
- Pupils on roll
- 791
- URN
- 148522
- Local authority
- St. Helens
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01744678833
About this school
Outwood Academy Haydock is a secondary academy in St. Helens. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 791 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
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- 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 | 142 | 170 | 147 |
| Attainment 8 score | 43.9 | 41.2 | 41.2 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.05 -0.29 to +0.18 | -0.28 -0.50 to -0.06 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 36% | 31.8% | 29.9% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 61% | 55.3% | 58.5% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 49% | 24.1% | 25.2% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
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 Outwood Academy Haydock has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | St. Helens average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 43.9 | 36.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 41.2 | 38.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 41.2 | 30.8 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 829 |
| 2023/24 | 856 |
| 2024/25 | 819 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Outwood Academy Haydock compares
Outwood Academy Haydock ranked 6th of 8 secondary schools in St. Helens for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 43% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 12% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 41.2 | 8.9% | 39.4% | 791 | — |
| St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Academy | 42.6 | 8.9% | 48.7% | 549 | 1.3 miles |
| St Cuthbert's Catholic High School | 34.5 | 14.3% | 48.2% | 897 | 1.8 miles |
| The Byrchall High School | 41.3 | 9.4% | 36.8% | 1,138 | 1.9 miles |
| St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-Makerfield | 49.1 | 7% | 13.7% | 1,204 | 1.9 miles |
| Hope Academy | 43.8 | 9.2% | 28.8% | 1,235 | 2.2 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)
- 39.44%
- English as an additional language
- 5.9%
- Overall absence
- 8.89%
- Persistent absence
- 25%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Academy1.3 miles
Secondary · St. Helens
-
St Cuthbert's Catholic High School1.8 miles
Secondary · St Helens
-
The Byrchall High School1.9 miles
Secondary · Wigan
-
St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-Makerfield1.9 miles
Secondary · Wigan
-
Hope Academy2.2 miles
Secondary · Newton-le-Willows
Other schools in St. Helens
- De La Salle School Secondary
- St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Academy Secondary
- Haydock English Martyrs' Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Outwood Academy Haydock teach?
- Outwood Academy Haydock teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in St. Helens.
- Who is the headteacher of Outwood Academy Haydock?
- The headteacher of Outwood Academy Haydock is Mr Philip Abram, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Outwood Academy Haydock last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Outwood Academy Haydock, 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 Outwood Academy Haydock?
- Outwood Academy Haydock has 791 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Outwood Academy Haydock full?
- Outwood Academy Haydock has capacity for 900 pupils and 791 on roll (88%), 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 Outwood Academy Haydock a faith school?
- No. Outwood Academy Haydock has no designated religious character.
- Is Outwood Academy Haydock a selective school?
- No. Outwood Academy Haydock is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Outwood Academy Haydock?
- Outwood Academy Haydock is part of OUTWOOD GRANGE ACADEMIES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Outwood Academy Haydock have?
- The schools register lists Outwood Academy Haydock's special educational needs provision as: MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Outwood Academy Haydock's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 43.9 in 2022/23 and 41.2 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Outwood Academy Haydock rank locally?
- Outwood Academy Haydock ranked 6th of 8 secondary schools in St. Helens for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 43% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 12% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Outwood Academy Haydock's absence rate?
- Outwood Academy Haydock's overall absence rate is 8.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Outwood Academy Haydock's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Outwood Academy Haydock'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.