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Audenshaw School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 1,077Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • BoysPupils
  • 136273URN

Hazel Street, Audenshaw, Manchester, M34 5NB · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 2023 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.0per place
0.4 below Tameside median (2.4)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Tameside

399 applications for 201 places · 12th of 16 in Tameside
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
48.4of 90
4th of 16 in Tameside
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 13 March 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
2.0applications per place, Year 7
0.4 below Tameside median (2.4) 0.2 below England median (2.2)

399 applications · 201 places offered · 189 named it first

  1. 2026 2.0; Tameside median median 2.4
  2. 2025 2.0; Tameside median median 2.4
  3. 2024 2.0; Tameside median median 2.3
  4. 2023 1.9; Tameside median median 2.2
  5. 2022 1.9; Tameside median median 2.1
  6. 2021 1.9; Tameside median median 2.4
  7. 2020 1.9; Tameside median median 2.6
  8. 2019 2.0; Tameside median median 2.6
  9. 2018 2.3; Tameside median median 2.5
  10. 2017 1.7; Tameside median median 2.2
  11. 2016 2.1; Tameside median median 2.6
  12. 2015 2.3; Tameside median median 2.6
  13. 2014 2.7; Tameside median median 2.6
More applications per place than the Tameside median in 1 of 13 years.
  • 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262013992.01890.94
Sep 20252054192.02020.99
Sep 20242124162.01900.90
Sep 20232374411.92250.95
Sep 20222304331.91830.80
Sep 20212314421.91900.82
Sep 20202394601.92120.89
Sep 20192104242.01920.91
Sep 20181764052.31390.79
Sep 20172073581.71650.80
Sep 20161914082.11760.92
Sep 20152104782.31920.91
Sep 20141965342.72541.30

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

213 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)48.44th of 16 in Tameside
Grade 5 or above in English and maths53%5th of 16 in Tameside
Grade 4 or above in English and maths72%
  • This school
  • Tameside median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.06
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)21348.453%72%–
2024/2522145.550%67%–
2023/2420444.645%68%−0.06
2022/2319446.245%64%−0.08

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

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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
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
136273 · 357/5400
Trust
Audenshaw School Academy Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,140 pupils · 1,077 on roll
Free school meals
32.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2010
Replaced
Audenshaw School (URN 106273)
Address
Hazel Street, Audenshaw, Manchester, M34 5NB
Local authority
Tameside

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources