Secondary
The Heys School
Heys Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1JZ
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 546 of 860 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.7
- Local authority
- Bury
- Trust
- THE ROWAN LEARNING TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 32.4
- All staff (FTE)
- 55.5
- Pupils per adult
- 10.3
- Pupils
- 573
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected June 2024
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
17%
21 points below the Bury average (38% across 11 schools)
34.0
9.3 below the Bury average (43.3 across 11 schools)
9th of 11 by our score, among the secondary schools in Bury we can score - 19 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 34 |
| EBacc average point score | 2.88 |
| Entered the EBacc | 31% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 33% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 17% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 34% |
| 22/23 | 29% |
| 23/24 | 36% |
| 24/25 | 17% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.63 |
| 22/23 | -0.58 |
| 23/24 | -0.52 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 41.4 |
| 22/23 | 40.3 |
| 23/24 | 41.3 |
| 24/25 | 34.0 |
Heys Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1JZ
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Bury admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Lindsay Turner
- Address
- Heys Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1JZ
- Telephone
- 01617732052