Report card · inspected Mar 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Tameside
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Strong standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 24 March 2026Report card · 1 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard
- 8 November 2022Graded inspection: Good · as Holden Clough Community Primary School, URN 106216
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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 entry63 applications · 28 places offered · 38 named it first
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 2.3; Tameside median median 1.8
- 2025 2.4; Tameside median median 1.9
- 2024 2.3; Tameside median median 2.0
- 2023 2.2; Tameside median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2022 2.1; Tameside median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2021 2.0; Tameside median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2020 1.5; Tameside median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2019 2.0; Tameside median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2018 1.8; Tameside median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2017 1.9; Tameside median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2016 2.0; Tameside median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2015 1.7; Tameside median median 2.4; as the previous school
- 2014 1.8; Tameside median median 2.7; as the previous school
- This school
- Tameside median
Dashed bars: as Holden Clough Community Primary School (URN 106216), the previous school.
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, 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 | 28 | 63 | 2.3 | 38 | 1.36 |
| Sep 2025 | 30 | 73 | 2.4 | 38 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2024 | 29 | 66 | 2.3 | 30 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2023 * | 29 | 63 | 2.2 | 33 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2022 * | 39 | 80 | 2.1 | 36 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2021 * | 29 | 59 | 2.0 | 28 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2020 * | 54 | 81 | 1.5 | 49 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2019 * | 45 | 90 | 2.0 | 38 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2018 * | 51 | 90 | 1.8 | 45 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2017 * | 45 | 87 | 1.9 | 42 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2016 * | 51 | 100 | 2.0 | 41 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2015 * | 53 | 89 | 1.7 | 36 | 0.68 |
| Sep 2014 * | 58 | 102 | 1.8 | 35 | 0.60 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 91% · Writing 81% · Maths 92% → all three 74% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Tameside median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 74% | 9% | 109 | 109 |
| 2023/24 | 83% | 5% | 107 | 106 |
| 2022/23 | 65% | 8% | 104 | 107 |
Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Holden Clough Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.3applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · TamesideGood20232.2applications per place
- 0.9 km · Tameside20261.9applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · TamesideGood20231.5applications per place 39%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · Tameside20262.7applications per place 47%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · TamesideGood20231.8applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · TamesideGood20231.7applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · OldhamGraded · no overall grade20242.3applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · Tameside20261.9applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 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
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 149664 · 357/2063
- Capacity
- 414 pupils · 297 on roll
- Free school meals
- 28.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 April 2023
- Replaced
- Holden Clough Community Primary School (URN 106216)
- Address
- St. Albans Avenue, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 8XN
- Local authority
- Tameside
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources