Edgar Wood Academy

Ofsted

!Requires improvement (2023) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system

This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.

Inspected 21 November 2023, published 18 January 2024. Read the full Ofsted report

England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.

Will my child get in?

Usually has places available — 0.68 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)

First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.

Nearby alternatives

• ▲St Anne's Church of England Academy 1.5 km · Good (2024) · previous system
• !Newhouse Academy 2.2 km · Requires improvement (2023) · previous system
• ▲Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School 2.7 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
• ▲Holy Family Roman Catholic and Church of England College 2.7 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
• ●Our Lady's RC High School 2.9 km · Most areas: Strong standard (2025)
• ▲Unsworth Academy 3.2 km · Good (2019) · previous system

Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.