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West Hill School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 852Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • BoysPupils
  • 137020URN

Thompson Cross, Stamford Street, Stalybridge, SK15 1LX · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Apr 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.6per place
close to Tameside median (2.4)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Tameside

413 applications for 161 places · 5th of 16 in Tameside
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
43.2of 90
10th of 16 in Tameside
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 21 April 2026Published 10 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionNeeds attention
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 21 April 2026
    Report card · 3 Expected standard, 3 Needs attention
  2. 24 November 2021
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

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
2.6applications per place, Year 7
close to Tameside median (2.4) 0.3 above England median (2.2)

413 applications · 161 places offered · 201 named it first

  1. 2026 2.6; Tameside median median 2.4
  2. 2025 2.4; Tameside median median 2.4
  3. 2024 2.3; Tameside median median 2.3
  4. 2023 2.2; Tameside median median 2.2
  5. 2022 2.1; Tameside median median 2.1
  6. 2021 2.4; Tameside median median 2.4
  7. 2020 2.4; Tameside median median 2.6
  8. 2019 2.8; Tameside median median 2.6
  9. 2018 2.6; Tameside median median 2.5
  10. 2017 2.2; Tameside median median 2.2
  11. 2016 2.3; Tameside median median 2.6
  12. 2015 2.4; Tameside median median 2.6
  13. 2014 2.6; 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261614132.62011.25
Sep 20251573832.42031.29
Sep 20241653802.31981.20
Sep 20231713802.21831.07
Sep 20221663422.11490.90
Sep 20211674032.41931.16
Sep 20201693982.41901.12
Sep 20191694722.81901.12
Sep 20181704372.61881.11
Sep 20171703722.21610.95
Sep 20161703842.31570.92
Sep 20151643922.41400.85
Sep 20141704412.61450.85

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

170 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)43.210th of 16 in Tameside
Grade 5 or above in English and maths35%11th of 16 in Tameside
Grade 4 or above in English and maths67%
  • This school
  • Tameside median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.31
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)17043.235%67%–
2024/2516943.539%61%–
2023/2416044.337%64%−0.31
2022/2316144.139%60%−0.33

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

  • 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
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
137020 · 357/5401
Trust
West Hill School
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
850 pupils · 852 on roll
Free school meals
30.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 August 2011
Replaced
West Hill School (URN 106274)
Address
Thompson Cross, Stamford Street, Stalybridge, SK15 1LX
Local authority
Tameside

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