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Rayner Stephens High School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 635Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 148430URN

Yew Tree Lane, Dukinfield, SK16 5BL · 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
2.0per place
0.4 below Tameside median (2.4)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Tameside

320 applications for 161 places · 12th of 16 in Tameside
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
35.1of 90
16th of 16 in Tameside
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 21 April 2026Published 22 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
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 · 4 Expected standard, 2 Needs attention
  2. 26 September 2023
    Graded inspection: Requires improvement

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)

320 applications · 161 places offered · 131 named it first

  1. 2026 2.0; Tameside median median 2.4
  2. 2025 1.7; Tameside median median 2.4
  3. 2024 1.5; Tameside median median 2.3
  4. 2023 1.8; Tameside median median 2.2
  5. 2022 1.9; Tameside median median 2.1
  6. 2021 1.6; Tameside median median 2.4
  7. 2020 2.1; Tameside median median 2.6; as the previous school
  8. 2019 2.0; Tameside median median 2.6; as the previous school
  9. 2018 2.3; Tameside median median 2.5; as the previous school
  10. 2017 2.2; Tameside median median 2.2; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.6; Tameside median median 2.6; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.6; Tameside median median 2.6; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.7; Tameside median median 2.6; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Tameside median in 0 of 6 years.
  • This school
  • Tameside median

Dashed bars: as Rayner Stephens High School (URN 144622), Astley Sports College and Community High School (URN 106269), the previous school.

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 20261613202.01310.81
Sep 20251552621.71050.68
Sep 20241522321.5750.49
Sep 20231142021.8660.58
Sep 2022651241.9230.35
Sep 2021991561.6540.55
Sep 2020 *1222542.1980.80
Sep 2019 *1122252.0940.84
Sep 2018 *1172642.3970.83
Sep 2017 *1503232.21060.71
Sep 2016 *1413642.61250.89
Sep 2015 *1403692.61290.92
Sep 2014 *1233352.71140.93

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

112 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)35.116th of 16 in Tameside
Grade 5 or above in English and maths23%16th of 16 in Tameside
Grade 4 or above in English and maths44%
  • This school
  • Tameside median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−1.03
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)11235.123%44%–
2024/2514235.630%47%–
2023/2412434.125%44%−1.03
2022/2310834.030%42%−0.86

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 sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
148430 · 357/4007
Trust
Stamford Park Trust
Capacity
831 pupils · 635 on roll
Free school meals
47.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 January 2021
Replaced
Rayner Stephens High School (URN 144622); Astley Sports College and Community High School (URN 106269)
Address
Yew Tree Lane, Dukinfield, SK16 5BL
Local authority
Tameside

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