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103 open schools · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria · best primary schools · best secondary schools

Tameside has 100 state schools: 76 primary, 16 secondary. Between them they teach around 32,386 pupils. 72 have enough published data for a score, averaging 4.2 out of 10, and 2 score 8 or above.

5 have a sixth form. 63 take children from age three or under. 33 have a religious character, which usually means the school sets its own admissions criteria rather than the council's. How the score works.

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Ashton-under-Lyne 26 schools Dukinfield 10 schools Hyde 21 schools Stalybridge 14 schools
Alder Community High School Hyde · Requires improvement Aldwyn Primary School Manchester · Good All Saints Catholic College Dukinfield · Not judged Arlies Primary School Stalybridge · Good Arundale Primary School Hyde · Good Ashlea House School Manchester · Good Ashton Sixth Form College Ashton-Under-Lyne · Good Ashton West End Primary Academy Ashton-under-Lyne · Good Audenshaw Primary School Manchester · Requires improvement Audenshaw School Manchester · Good Bradley Green Primary Academy Hyde · Good Broadbent Fold Primary School and Nursery Dukinfield · Good Broadbottom Church of England Primary School Hyde · Good Buckton Vale Primary School Stalybridge · Good Canon Burrows CofE Primary School Ashton-under-Lyne · Good Canon Johnson CofE Primary School Ashton-under-Lyne · Good Corrie Primary School Manchester · Good Cromwell High School Dukinfield · Outstanding Dane Bank Primary School Stockport · Good Denton Community Academy Manchester · Inadequate Denton West End Primary School Manchester · Good Discovery Academy Hyde · Good Dixons Ashton Academy Ashton-under-Lyne · Not judged Dixons Pennine Academy Stalybridge · Good Dixons Silver Springs Primary Stalybridge · Good Dowson Primary Academy Hyde · Good Droylsden Academy Manchester · Good Endeavour Primary Academy Hyde · Good Fairfield High School for Girls Manchester · Good Fairfield Road Primary School Manchester · Not judged Flowery Field Primary School Hyde · Good Gee Cross Holy Trinity CofE Primary School Hyde Godley Community Primary Academy Hyde · Good Gorse Hall Primary and Nursery School Stalybridge · Good Greenfield Primary Academy Cheshire · Good Greenside Primary School Manchester · Good Greswell Primary School and Nursery Manchester · Good Hawthorns School Hyde · Outstanding Holden Clough Primary School Ashton-under-Lyne · Good Hollingworth Primary School Hyde Holy Trinity CofE Primary School Ashton-under-Lyne · Good Hurst Knoll St James' Church of England Primary School Ashton-under-Lyne · Good Hyde High School Hyde · Requires improvement Inspire Academy Tameside · Good Laurus Ryecroft Manchester · Outstanding Linden Road Academy and Hearing Impaired Base Tameside · Good Livingstone Primary School Ashton-under-Lyne · Good Longdendale High School Hyde · Not judged Lyndhurst Primary School Dukinfield · Requires improvement Manchester Road Primary Academy Manchester · Good Manor Green Primary Academy Manchester · Requires improvement Micklehurst All Saints CofE Primary School Ashton-under-Lyne · Good Millbrook Primary School Stalybridge · Outstanding Milton St John's CofE Primary School Ashton-under-Lyne · Good Moorside Primary School Manchester · Good Mossley Hollins High School Ashton-under-Lyne · Good Mottram CofE Primary School Hyde Oakdale School Dukinfield · Not judged Oakfield Primary and Moderate Learning Difficulties Resource Provision Hyde · Not judged Oasis Academy Broadoak Ashton-under-Lyne · Good Our Lady of Mount Carmel RC Primary School, Ashton-under-Lyne Ashton-under-Lyne · Good Parochial CofE Primary and Nursery School, Ashton-under-Lyne Ashton-under-Lyne · Good Pinfold Primary School Hyde · Good Poplar Street Primary School Manchester · Good Ravensfield Primary School Dukinfield · Good Rayner Stephens High School Dukinfield · Requires improvement Rosehill Methodist Primary Academy Ashton-under-Lyne · Good Russell Scott Primary School Manchester · Good Safe Start School Tameside · Requires improvement Samuel Laycock School Ashton-Under-Lyne · Not judged St Anne's Primary School Manchester St Anne's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Manchester · Good St Christopher's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Ashton-under-Lyne · Good St Damian's RC Science College Ashton-under-Lyne · Outstanding St George's CofE Primary School Hyde · Good St George's CofE Primary School Ashton-Under-Lyne · Good St James Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Hyde St James' Church of England Primary School Ashton-under-Lyne · Good St John Fisher RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy, Denton Manchester · Good St John's CofE Primary School, Dukinfield Dukinfield · Good St Joseph's RC Primary School Ashton-under-Lyne · Good St Mary's CofE Primary School Manchester · Good St Mary's RC Primary School Manchester · Not judged St Paul's CofE Primary School, Stalybridge Stalybridge · Good St Peter's CofE Primary School Ashton-under-Lyne · Good St Raphael's Catholic Primary School Stalybridge · Good St Stephen's CofE Primary School Manchester · Not judged St Stephen's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Manchester · Good St Thomas More RC College Manchester · Good St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Dukinfield · Good St. Paul's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Hyde · Good St. Peter's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Stalybridge · Good Stalyhill Infant School Stalybridge · Good Stalyhill Junior School Stalybridge · Good Tameside College Ashton-under-Lyne · Good The Heys Primary School Ashton-under-Lyne · Good Thomas Ashton School Hyde · Inadequate Trinity School Stalybridge Waterloo Primary School Ashton-under-Lyne · Good West Hill School Stalybridge · Good Wild Bank Primary School Stalybridge · Requires improvement Works 4 U Support Services (Norman Mackie & Associates Ltd) Ambleside Yew Tree Primary School Dukinfield · Good

Undersubscribed schools rated Good or Outstanding

These schools didn't fill on first preference in the latest admissions year, despite an Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding — worth a look if you're chasing the same handful of famous names everyone else applies to.

Endeavour Primary Academy Good · ×0.67 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Dixons Pennine Academy Good · ×0.68 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Fairfield High School for Girls Good · ×0.8 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Hurst Knoll St James' Church of England Primary School Good · ×0.8 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St. Paul's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Good · ×0.81 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Ravensfield Primary School Good · ×0.84 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Waterloo Primary School Good · ×0.84 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Canon Johnson CofE Primary School Good · ×0.87 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Broadbent Fold Primary School and Nursery Good · ×0.88 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Denton West End Primary School Good · ×0.88 1st prefs/place (2026/27)

How places are allocated in Tameside

Primary schools: Confirmed full criteria order (LAC, medical/social, siblings, then distance) has no catchment step. (source)

Most schools use the local authority's default scheme rather than a school-specific catchment map — see each school's page for its own designated/catchment area where one is published.

Key dates

Entry yearEventDate
Sept 2028 Application deadline 2027-10-31
Sept 2028 Primary application deadline 2028-01-15
Sept 2028 Offer day 2028-03-01
Sept 2028 Primary offer day 2028-04-17
Sept 2027 Application deadline 2026-10-31
Sept 2027 Primary application deadline 2027-01-15
Sept 2027 Offer day 2027-03-01
Sept 2027 Primary offer day 2027-04-16
Sept 2026 Application deadline 2025-10-31 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary application deadline 2026-01-15 (passed)
Sept 2026 Offer day 2026-03-02 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary offer day 2026-04-16 (passed)

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