Secondary schools in Tameside
Where pupils go after Year 11 and after sixth form, school by school, with GCSE results. Destinations are for the 2023 leavers; results are from 2025.
Tameside has 16 state-funded secondary schools. Of the 2,864 pupils who finished Year 11 here in 2023, 83% stayed in education (England 86%): 3% in a school sixth form, 36% at a sixth form college, 43% at a further education college.
3% started an apprenticeship, close to the England rate of 3%.
8% of leavers had no sustained destination six months on, more than the 6% across England.
After sixth form, 34% of students in Tameside went to university (England 37%), and 12% of level 3 students reached one of the most selective universities (England 19%).
After Year 11: Tameside against England
| Measure | Tameside | England |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 2,864 | 607,348 |
| Stayed in education | 83% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 3% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 36% | 13% |
| — further education college | 43% | 37% |
| Apprenticeship | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 8% | 6% |
Where each school’s Year 11 leavers went
One band per school, sorted by the size of its 2023 Year 11 cohort. Band width is pupils; hover a band for the share, click a school for its profile. Counts are worked back from the percentages DfE publishes, so a band can be out by a pupil.
Map of secondary schools in Tameside
Darker blue means a larger share of Year 11 leavers stayed in education. Click a school for details. Basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors.
State-funded secondary schools (16)
Sorted by name. Click a school for its full picture. “Stayed in education” counts school sixth forms, sixth form colleges and FE colleges together.
| School | Pupils | Stayed in education | School sixth form | FE college | Apprenticeship | To university | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alder Community High SchoolCommunity school | 912 | 83% | 0% | 38% | 4% | — | 46.6 | 39% |
| All Saints Catholic CollegeAcademy converter | 810 | 85% | 2% | 45% | 3% | — | 37.5 | 22% |
| Audenshaw SchoolAcademy converter | 1,077 | 88% | 2% | 45% | 2% | — | 45.5 | 50% |
| Denton Community AcademyAcademy sponsor led | 1,107 | 73% | 2% | 52% | 7% | — | — | — |
| Dixons Ashton AcademyAcademy sponsor led | 1,326 | 80% | 1% | 37% | 2% | — | 38.1 | 30% |
| Dixons Pennine AcademyAcademy converter | 592 | 75% | 0% | 53% | 5% | — | 35.8 | 13% |
| Droylsden AcademyAcademy sponsor led | 926 | 79% | 6% | 42% | 2% | — | 47.7 | 49% |
| Fairfield High School for GirlsAcademy converter | 986 | 93% | 3% | 42% | 1% | — | 52.7 | 58% |
| Hyde High SchoolAcademy converter | 1,134 | 84% | — | 54% | 1% | — | 41.0 | 32% |
| Laurus RyecroftFree schools · sixth form | 1,153 | 83% | 22% | 38% | 4% | — | 51.6 | 51% |
| Longdendale High SchoolAcademy converter | 795 | 80% | 0% | 41% | 4% | — | 41.1 | 32% |
| Mossley Hollins High SchoolAcademy converter | 894 | 82% | 1% | 33% | 4% | — | 47.4 | 47% |
| Rayner Stephens High SchoolAcademy sponsor led | 635 | 79% | 0% | 62% | 5% | — | 35.6 | 30% |
| St Damian's RC Science CollegeVoluntary aided school | 829 | 90% | 6% | 35% | 2% | — | 55.1 | 61% |
| St Thomas More RC CollegeVoluntary aided school | 797 | 88% | 2% | 35% | 1% | — | 44.0 | 42% |
| West Hill SchoolAcademy converter | 852 | 89% | 2% | 40% | 2% | — | 43.5 | 39% |
Independent schools, colleges and special schools with published data (7)
| School | Pupils | Stayed in education | School sixth form | FE college | Apprenticeship | To university | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tameside Collegecollege · Further education | — | — | — | — | — | 18% | — | — |
| Ashlea House Schoolindependent · Other independent school · sixth form | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | 5.1 | 0% |
| Safe Start Schoolindependent · Other independent school | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | 4.5 | 0% |
| Trinity Schoolindependent · Other independent school | 90 | — | — | — | — | — | 52.4 | 27% |
| Ashton Sixth Form Collegesixth form · Academy 16-19 converter | 0 | — | — | — | — | 52% | — | — |
| Cromwell High Schoolstate · Academy special converter · sixth form | 156 | 92% | 0% | 8% | 0% | — | — | — |
| Samuel Laycock Schoolstate · Academy special sponsor led | 252 | 89% | 0% | 65% | 0% | — | 0.8 | 0% |