Bury
Ash Grove School
Close to home and non-selective, but attainment sits below the national average and the last inspection asked for improvement.
What the data says
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Academic signal is not available for this school phase in our current dataset.
No Progress 8 data is available for this school in the years we hold.
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Council allocation figures
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School information
| URN | 151541 |
| Local authority | Bury |
| Region | North West |
| Phase | Not applicable |
| Type | Academy alternative provision sponsor led |
| Gender of entry | Mixed |
| Age range | 11-16 |
| Headteacher | Headteacher Dave Herbert |
| Trust | OAK LEARNING PARTNERSHIP |
| Admissions | Not applicable |
| Religious character | Does not apply |
| Postcode | BL9 7PZ |
| Latest pupils | 111 |
| FSM eligible | 63.1% |
Contact and identifiers
Deal Street, Bury, BL9 7PZ
View local authority page1617242900| DfE number | 1104 |
| UKPRN | 10097231 |
| Opened | 1 Jan 2025 |
| GIAS updated | 19 Mar 2026 |
Data sources and freshness
| Official record updated | 19 Mar 2026 |
| Latest KS4 year | — |
| Latest KS2 year | — |
| Ofsted published | 28 Jun 2020 |
Latest Ofsted inspection
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Safeguarding | Effective |
| Inspection type | Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1 |
| Category of concern | — |
| Inspection date | 10 Mar 2020 |
| Publication date | 28 Jun 2020 |