Alder Community High School
Community school · 912 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.6
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Hyde High School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,134of 1,185 places
- Free school meals
- 48.3%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 221
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement, 4 May 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Hyde High School (URN 106268, until 1 April 2025).
What the data says
Hyde High School has no sixth form. Of the 218 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 29% moved to a sixth form college, 54% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
Religious Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 92% of the year group took it, against 31% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 41.0 against 46.1 across England and 43.6 in Tameside, with 32% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: 1% took an apprenticeship and 2% went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Tameside and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Hyde High School | Tameside | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 218 | 2,864 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 87% | 89% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 84% | 83% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | — | 3% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 29% | 36% | 13% |
| — further education college | 54% | 43% | 37% |
| — other education | — | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 8% | 8% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 5% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Hyde High School | Tameside | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 41.0 | 43.6 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 32% | 41% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 59% | 63% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 29% | 35% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.47 | 3.81 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 47% | 35% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 36.1 | 35.7 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 45.2 | 47.8 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 20% | 15% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 218 | 99% | 89% | 12% | 20% | 70% |
| Mathematics | 217 | 98% | 88% | 11% | 22% | 64% |
| English Literature | 216 | 98% | 86% | 13% | 21% | 68% |
| Religious Studies | 204 | 92% | 31% | 8% | 32% | 56% |
| Combined Science | 146 | 66% | 65% | 7% | 9% | 51% |
| Geography | 85 | 38% | 41% | 4% | 25% | 51% |
| Biology | 68 | 31% | 23% | 21% | 45% | 78% |
| Chemistry | 68 | 31% | 23% | 18% | 47% | 75% |
| Physics | 68 | 31% | 23% | 15% | 46% | 72% |
| History | 58 | 26% | 41% | 17% | 26% | 57% |
| Business Studies | 54 | 24% | 18% | 28% | 20% | 74% |
| Physical Education | 50 | 23% | 11% | 0% | 24% | 38% |
| Spanish | 34 | 15% | 19% | 21% | 27% | 47% |
| Art and Design | 29 | 13% | 7% | 3% | 24% | 76% |
| Computer Science | 25 | 11% | 13% | 24% | 30% | 60% |
| German | 22 | 10% | 5% | 5% | 33% | 45% |
| French | 17 | 8% | 18% | 35% | 29% | 71% |
| Music | 12 | 5% | 5% | 25% | 33% | 67% |
| Bengali | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 35% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering Studies | 48 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 28 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 23 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 15 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 11 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 7 | — | — |
| Graphic Design | 6 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Tameside
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Audenshaw School
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Denton Community Academy
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Dixons Ashton Academy
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Dixons Pennine Academy
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.