North West
Secondary schools in Tameside
103 schools, 35,310 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 39.8.
Ofsted across Tameside
Good61
Requires improvement5
Outstanding3
Inadequate1
No overall grade33
70 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 33 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Secondary schools in Tameside
Sorted by Attainment 8. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Damian's RC Science CollegeVoluntary aided school | Ashton-under-Lyne | Outstanding 2023 | 55.1 |
| Fairfield High School for GirlsAcademy converter | Manchester | Good 2022 | 52.7 |
| Laurus RyecroftFree schools | Manchester | Outstanding 2023 | 51.6 |
| Droylsden AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Manchester | Good 2022 | 47.7 |
| Alder Community High SchoolCommunity school | Hyde | Requires improvement 2024 | 46.6 |
| Audenshaw SchoolAcademy converter | Manchester | Good 2023 | 45.5 |
| St Thomas More RC CollegeVoluntary aided school | Manchester | Good 2022 | 44 |
| West Hill SchoolAcademy converter | Stalybridge | No grade | 43.5 |
| Longdendale High SchoolAcademy converter | Hyde | No grade | 41.1 |
| Dixons Ashton AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Ashton-under-Lyne | No grade | 38.1 |
| All Saints Catholic CollegeAcademy converter | Dukinfield | No grade | 37.5 |
| Dixons Pennine AcademyAcademy converter | Stalybridge | Good 2024 | 35.8 |
| Rayner Stephens High SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Dukinfield | No grade | 35.6 |
| Mossley Hollins High SchoolAcademy converter | Ashton-under-Lyne | Good 2023 | — |
| Denton Community AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Manchester | Inadequate 2022 | — |
| Hyde High SchoolAcademy converter | Hyde | Requires improvement 2023 | — |