UK Schools
Outwood Academy Haydock
Outwood Academy Haydock is a mixed secondary academy in St. Helens, St Helens Council, teaching 791 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted graded quality of education as Good at its most recent inspection in October 2024. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 41.2 (England 46.1). Term dates and holidays for 2025–2026 are listed below.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Outwood Academy Haydock.
From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. These are the graded judgement areas from the latest inspection.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Outwood Academy Haydock.
Key dates (2025–2026)
- INSET Day - Closed to Students Fri 24 Oct 2025 Inset Day
- October Half Term Sat 25 Oct 2025 - Sun 02 Nov 2025 Holiday
- School Reopens for Students Mon 03 Nov 2025 Event
- School Closes for Christmas Break Thu 18 Dec 2025 Holiday
- INSET Day - School Closed for Students Fri 19 Dec 2025 Inset Day
- School Reopens for Students Mon 05 Jan 2026 Event
- February Half Term Sat 14 Feb 2026 - Sun 22 Feb 2026 Holiday
- School Reopens for Students Mon 23 Feb 2026 Event
- Easter Half Term Sat 28 Mar 2026 - Sun 12 Apr 2026 Holiday
- School Reopens for Students Mon 13 Apr 2026 Event
- May Bank Holiday Mon 04 May 2026 Holiday
- May Half Term Sat 23 May 2026 - Sun 31 May 2026 Holiday
- School Reopens for Students Mon 01 Jun 2026 Event
- School Closes to Students for Summer Break Fri 17 Jul 2026 Holiday
- INSET Day - School Closed to Students Mon 20 Jul 2026 - Tue 21 Jul 2026 Inset Day
- Summer Break Wed 22 Jul 2026 - Mon 31 Aug 2026 Holiday
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Outwood Academy Haydock with St Helens Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 41.2 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school St Helens Council England
Attendance 25% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school St Helens Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 88% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
This school St Helens Council England
About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Outwood Academy Haydock. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Outwood Academy Haydock than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.