Thomas Ashton School
State-Funded School
Academic PerformanceAbout the School
Thomas Ashton School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 5–14, located in Tameside, North West.
The school is rated Inadequate by Ofsted. It currently serves 106 pupils.
Ofsted Rating
Yes
2023
Subject Areas
Leadership &management
Inadequate
Quality ofeducation
Inadequate
Personaldevelopment
Requires improvement
Behaviour &attitudes
Inadequate
Ethnicity
Pupils
Total Pupils
88%Boys
12%GirlsPupil Characteristics
DfE school census, January 2026.
Key Information
- Phase
- Special
- Age range
- 5 – 14
- Total pupils
- 106
Inspection history
Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.
| Report published | Overall | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Dec 2023 | Inadequate | Inadequate | Requires improvement | Inadequate | Inadequate |
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.
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