Ash Grove School
Deal Street, Bury, BL9 7PZ
- Phase
- Academies
- School type
- Academy alternative provision sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- OAK LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
- Headteacher
- Mr Dave Herbert
- Sponsor
- Oak Learning Partnership
- Constituency
- Bury North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Pupils on roll
- 109
- URN
- 151541
- Local authority
- Bury
- Telephone
- 01617242900
About this school
Ash Grove School is a special academy in Bury. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 109 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
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
This inspection took place when the school was registered as Bury Secondary PRU Spring Lane School (URN 131506).
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 69.37%
- English as an additional language
- 5.4%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Cambian Chesham House School0.4 miles
Special schools
-
Bury Grammar Schools1.1 miles
Independent schools · Bury
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Oak Haven School1.5 miles
Special schools · Heywood
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Mill School - Bury1.5 miles
Special schools
-
Forestwood School1.6 miles
Special schools · Bury
Other schools in Bury
- Brookhaven School Free Schools
- Elms Bank Academies
- Forestwood School Special schools
- Millwood Primary Special School Special schools
- Rossendale School Special schools
- Hoyle Nursery School Nursery
- Bury and Whitefield Jewish Primary School Primary
- Chantlers Primary School Primary
- Chesham Primary Academy Primary
- Christ Church CofE Primary School Primary
- East Ward Community Primary School Primary
- Edenfield Church of England Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Ash Grove School teach?
- Ash Grove School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a special school in Bury.
- Who is the headteacher of Ash Grove School?
- The headteacher of Ash Grove School is Mr Dave Herbert, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Ash Grove School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Ash Grove 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 big is Ash Grove School?
- Ash Grove School has 109 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Ash Grove School a faith school?
- No. Ash Grove School has no designated religious character.
- Who runs Ash Grove School?
- Ash Grove School is part of OAK LEARNING PARTNERSHIP. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- Does Ash Grove School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Ash Grove School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
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 3 July 2026.