Schools in Tameside
107 schools in the Tameside local authority.
Schools
107
Open schools
Pupils
36,420
2025–26 census
Good or better
89%
76 of 85 graded
Academic Performance
4.6
out of 10 · 92 schools
Ofsted ratings
- Outstanding
- 5 6%
- Good
- 71 84%
- Requires improvement
- 7 8%
- Inadequate
- 2 2%
7 inspected since 2024, no overall grade10 superseded by a report card15 not judged1 safeguarding not effective
4.6
Academic PerformanceAveraged over 92 of 107 schools that can be scored
Pupils
36,420
pupils on roll
Boys 51%49% Girls
Roll from 102 of 107 schools (36,420 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Ethnicity
White
72%Asian
13%Black
5%Mixed
6%Chinese
<1%Any other group
2%Unclassified
1%Ethnicity from 94 of 107 schools (36,222 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Pupil characteristics
- Free school meals
- 36.3%
- First language not English
- 16.2%
- Young carers
- <1%
13,158 of 36,222 pupils · 94 of 107 schools
5,877 of 36,222 pupils · 94 of 107 schools
310 of 36,222 pupils · 94 of 107 schools
Schools by phase
- Primary
- 76
- Secondary
- 16
- All-through
- 1
- Special
- 9
- PRU
- 1
- Not recorded
- 4
Top primary schools in Tameside
The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Millbrook Primary SchoolTameside · Primary9.4/10Outstanding
- 2.St John's CofE Primary School, DukinfieldTameside · Primary8.9/10Good
- 3.St Raphael's Catholic Primary SchoolTameside · Primary8.7/10Good
- 4.Godley Community Primary AcademyTameside · Primary8.5/10Good
- 5.Fairfield Road Primary SchoolTameside · Primary8.0/10
- 6.Holden Clough Primary SchoolTameside · Primary7.9/10Good
- 7.Inspire AcademyTameside · Primary7.9/10Good
- 8.St George's CofE Primary SchoolTameside · Primary7.7/10Good
- 9.Canon Johnson CofE Primary SchoolTameside · Primary7.2/10Good
- 10.Silver Springs Primary AcademyTameside · Primary7.1/10Good
- 11.Endeavour Primary AcademyTameside · Primary7.0/10Good
- 12.Manchester Road Primary AcademyTameside · Primary7.0/10Good
- 13.St Joseph's RC Primary SchoolTameside · Primary6.8/10Good
- 14.Aldwyn Primary SchoolTameside · Primary6.7/10Good
- 15.Milton St John's CofE Primary SchoolTameside · Primary6.7/10Good
- 16.Greenfield Primary AcademyTameside · Primary6.6/10Good
- 17.Gorse Hall Primary and Nursery SchoolTameside · Primary6.5/10Good
- 18.St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolTameside · Primary6.5/10Good
- 19.Denton West End Primary SchoolTameside · Primary6.3/10Good
- 20.St Mary's RC Primary SchoolTameside · Primary6.3/10
Top secondary schools in Tameside
The highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.St Damian's RC Science CollegeTameside · Secondary9.7/10Outstanding
- 2.Laurus RyecroftTameside · Secondary9.6/10Outstanding
- 3.Fairfield High School for GirlsTameside · Secondary8.2/10Good
- 4.Droylsden AcademyTameside · Secondary6.9/10Good
- 5.Audenshaw SchoolTameside · Secondary6.1/10Good
- 6.Mossley Hollins High SchoolTameside · Secondary5.5/10Good
- 7.St Thomas More RC CollegeTameside · Secondary3.8/10Good
- 8.West Hill SchoolTameside · Secondary3.2/10Good
- 9.Longdendale High SchoolTameside · Secondary2.9/10
- 10.Great Academy AshtonTameside · Secondary2.2/10
- 11.All Saints Catholic CollegeTameside · Secondary1.7/10
- 12.Copley AcademyTameside · Secondary1.3/10Good
- 13.Alder Community High SchoolTameside · Secondary0.6/10Requires improvement
- 14.Hyde High SchoolTameside · Secondary0.6/10Requires improvement
- 15.Denton Community AcademyTameside · Secondary0.3/10Inadequate
- 16.Rayner Stephens High School Tameside · Secondary0.1/10Requires improvement
Browse all 107 schools in Tameside — filter by phase or Ofsted rating.
About schools in Tameside
- How many schools are there in Tameside?
- Tameside has 107 open schools — 76 primary, 16 secondary, 9 special, teaching 36,420 pupils in total.
- How many schools in Tameside are rated Good or Outstanding?
- 76 of the 85 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 89% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 5 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 107: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
- What is the average Academic Performance in Tameside?
- 4.6 out of 10, averaged across the 92 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
- Why do some Tameside schools have no Ofsted rating?
- 22 schools in Tameside currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
- What does Tameside local authority do?
- A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Tameside covers 107 schools and sits in the North West region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
- How many pupils in Tameside are eligible for free school meals?
- 36.3% — 13,158 of 36,222 pupils at the 94 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.
Part of the North West region.