Oak Haven SchoolMill School - Bury
Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Heywood.
Summary of the comparison
This page compares Oak Haven School and Mill School - Bury.
Neither school has a composite score. Our score needs published attainment data, which is not available for every school or every nation.
Oak Haven School was judged the expected standard and Mill School - Bury was judged Good.
On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 2.1 for Oak Haven School and 15.0 for Mill School - Bury.
GCSE Attainment 8 has held broadly level at Oak Haven School (1.3 in 2021-22, 2.1 in 2025-26) and has risen at Mill School - Bury (7.0 in 2022-23, 15.0 in 2025-26).
Side-by-side comparison
| Measure | HeywoodOak Haven School | Mill School - Bury | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overview | |||
| Our score | Not scored | Not scored | |
| Local ranking | Not ranked | Not ranked | |
| Inspection | Ofsted: Expected | Ofsted: Good | |
| School type | Community special school | Other independent special school | |
| Age range | 7-16 | 7-17 | |
| Gender | Mixed | Mixed | |
| Pupils on roll | 98 | 65 | |
| Capacity | 100 | 90 | |
| Location | Heywood, OL10 3PY | BL8 2BD | |
| GCSE results | |||
| Attainment 8 | 2.1 | 15.0 Stronger figure | 46.2 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 0.0% | 16.7% Stronger figure | 46.3% |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 0.0% | 25.0% Stronger figure | 64.8% |
| Cohort | 18 | 12 | |
| Pupils | |||
| Pupils in the census | 81 | 62 | |
| Free school meals (ever 6) | 79.0% | 0.0% | |
| English as an additional language | 1.2% | Not reported | |
| SEN support | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
| SEN with an EHC plan | 100.0% | 100.0% | |
| Attendance | |||
| Overall absence | 41.6% | Not reported | 6.2% |
| Persistent absence | 84.1% | Not reported | 15.8% |
marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.
Historical trends
Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.
GCSE Attainment 8
Pupils on roll
Ethnicity over time
One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.
Oak Haven School
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