Outwood Academy Haydock
Clipsley Lane, Haydock, St Helens, WA11 0JGOpen in maps (opens in a new tab)
Outwood Academy Haydock is a secondary school in St Helens for ages 11 to 16. It is one of the 76 schools in St. Helens. It ranks 4th of 5 secondary schools in St Helens. Its latest Ofsted inspection, in October 2024, graded each key judgement and gave no overall Ofsted rating.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 1 October 2024, report published 24 October 2024
This inspection graded each key judgement and gave no overall effectiveness grade.
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Met
What Ofsted said
From the inspection on 1 October 2024
This is a school that is built on a strong foundation of mutual respect. Pupils benefit from high-quality pastoral support. There are strong relationships between staff and pupils. For example, around the school, staff greet pupils warmly and offer words of encouragement. This helps pupils to understand that staff care for them. The school has high expectations of all pupils' academic achievement. With a strengthened curriculum, pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), are now learning more successfully, in most subjects, than they did in the past. Pupils' wider development is carefully considered through a raft of exciting opportunities such as workshops with visiting poets, trips to outward bound centres and involvement in local community projects. Pupils spoke excitedly about the upcoming whole-school production. There is a consistent approach across the school to how behaviour is managed. Staff model the positive behaviour that they expect of pupils. Pupils behave politely and courteously. Most follow the school's routines appropriately. There is a real culture of praise in this school. 'Proud Thursday' is just one of the ways that pupils' work and effort is celebrated. Over time, pupils' aspirations are rising. They are happy in school.
What the school should improve
- The curriculum does not provide enough opportunities for pupils to discuss their learning and express the reasoning behind their ideas. This means that pupils do not always get the chance to deepen their thinking as well as they could. The school should ensure that pupils develop their oracy skills effectively and are helped to deepen their learning across the curriculum.
- In some subjects, teachers do not use assessment information effectively to check how well pupils have learned the curriculum. At times, some teachers move on to new learning before pupils are ready or pupils' misconceptions go unaddressed. The school should ensure that teachers are supported to use assessment information to shape future learning effectively.
Exam results
GCSE results (key stage 4), 2024/25
147 pupils in the year group
Pupil numbers and mix
791 pupils on roll, with places for 900
Schools near Outwood Academy Haydock
| School | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Academy | 1 mile | Ofsted judgements: Good | Attainment 8: 42.6 |
| St. Cuthbert's Catholic Academy | 2 miles | No Ofsted inspection | Not published |
| The Byrchall High School | 2 miles | Ofsted: Good | Attainment 8: 41.3 |
| St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-Makerfield | 2 miles | Report card: Strong standard | Attainment 8: 49.1 |
| Hope Academy | 2 miles | Ofsted judgements: Requires improvement to good | Attainment 8: 43.8 |
School details
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Sector
- Academy
- Trust
- OUTWOOD GRANGE ACADEMIES TRUST
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- No
- Headteacher
- Mr Philip Abram
- Phone
- 01744678833
- Address
- Clipsley Lane, Haydock, St Helens, WA11 0JG
- Local authority
- St. Helens
- URN
- 148522
School details from Get Information about Schools, 17 September 2026. Ofsted outcomes published to 31 August 2026. Exam results for 2024/25 from the Department for Education. Pupil mix from the school census, 2025/26.