Holden Clough Primary School

State-Funded School

holden-clough-primary-school-tameside-north-west

North WestRegion

TamesideLocal Authority

Ashton-under-LyneConstituency

OL6 8XNPostcode

7.9

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Holden Clough Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Tameside, North West.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 297 pupils. Holden Clough Primary School is part of VICTORIOUS ACADEMIES TRUST.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 24 Mar 2026 · published 11 May 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

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
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 83%
Higher standard: 5%
Reading score: 107
Maths score: 106

Ethnicity

White

40%

Asian

46%

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

297

Total Pupils

49%Boys

51%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

27%

England average

27%

First language not English

16%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 297
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: VICTORIOUS ACADEMIES TRUST

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
19 Dec 2022	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.