Graded inspection · Apr 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Tameside
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good |
Inspection history
- 16 April 2024Graded inspection: Requires improvement
- 19 October 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry410 applications · 172 places offered · 221 named it first
- 2026 2.4; Tameside median median 2.4
- 2025 2.4; Tameside median median 2.4
- 2024 2.7; Tameside median median 2.3
- 2023 2.7; Tameside median median 2.2
- 2022 2.9; Tameside median median 2.1
- 2021 2.3; Tameside median median 2.4
- 2020 2.6; Tameside median median 2.6
- 2019 2.6; Tameside median median 2.6
- 2018 2.5; Tameside median median 2.5
- 2017 2.7; Tameside median median 2.2
- 2016 2.6; Tameside median median 2.6
- 2015 2.6; Tameside median median 2.6
- 2014 2.5; Tameside median median 2.6
- This school
- Tameside median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 172 | 410 | 2.4 | 221 | 1.28 |
| Sep 2025 | 170 | 408 | 2.4 | 213 | 1.25 |
| Sep 2024 | 175 | 472 | 2.7 | 230 | 1.31 |
| Sep 2023 | 177 | 473 | 2.7 | 245 | 1.38 |
| Sep 2022 | 173 | 498 | 2.9 | 252 | 1.46 |
| Sep 2021 | 206 | 468 | 2.3 | 247 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2020 | 178 | 457 | 2.6 | 242 | 1.36 |
| Sep 2019 | 180 | 474 | 2.6 | 245 | 1.36 |
| Sep 2018 | 180 | 456 | 2.5 | 226 | 1.26 |
| Sep 2017 | 155 | 422 | 2.7 | 218 | 1.41 |
| Sep 2016 | 154 | 401 | 2.6 | 203 | 1.32 |
| Sep 2015 | 155 | 398 | 2.6 | 202 | 1.30 |
| Sep 2014 | 147 | 367 | 2.5 | 176 | 1.20 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 198 | 43.4 | 43% | 68% | – |
| 2024/25 | 176 | 46.6 | 39% | 70% | – |
| 2023/24 | 184 | 43.0 | 38% | 66% | −0.28 |
| 2022/23 | 179 | 47.7 | 51% | 78% | +0.02 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Alder Community High SchoolThis schoolThis schoolRequires improvement20242.4applications per place 43.4Attainment 8
- 2.5 km · TamesideRequires improvement20232.0applications per place 39.8Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · Tameside20262.0applications per place 35.1Attainment 8
- 3.5 km · TamesideGraded · no overall grade20252.4applications per place 36.5Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · TamesideRemains Good20223.1applications per place 48.1Attainment 8
- 4.3 km · StockportGraded · no overall grade20242.7applications per place 42.2Attainment 8
- 4.4 km · StockportSerious weaknesses 20261.1applications per place 37.7Attainment 8
- 4.5 km · TamesideSpecial measures Inadequate20221.7applications per place 46.1Attainment 8
- 4.7 km · TamesideGood20232.0applications per place 48.4Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 134283 · 357/4006
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 900 pupils · 912 on roll
- Free school meals
- 30.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 April 2003
- Replaced
- Alder Community High School (URN 106258)
- Address
- Mottram Old Road, Gee Cross, Hyde, SK14 5NJ
- Local authority
- Tameside
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources