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Best secondary schools in Tameside

13 of 18 secondary schools ranked by Progress 8 · all Tameside schools · primary schools

Ranked on Progress 8, 2023/24 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school.

# School Progress 8 Ofsted Places Catchment
1 Laurus Ryecroft Manchester 0.73 Outstanding oversubscribed 1.36 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
2 Fairfield High School for Girls Manchester hidden gem 0.55 Good declining undersubscribed 0.8 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
3 St Thomas More RC College Manchester 0.43 Good oversubscribed 1.31 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
4 St Damian's RC Science College Ashton-under-Lyne 0.24 Outstanding improving oversubscribed 1.21 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
5 Droylsden Academy Manchester 0.14 Good improving about even 1.1 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
6 Audenshaw School Manchester hidden gem -0.06 Good improving about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
7 Alder Community High School Hyde -0.28 Requires improvement declining oversubscribed 1.28 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
8 West Hill School Stalybridge -0.31 Good oversubscribed 1.25 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
9 Longdendale High School Hyde -0.53 Not judged about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
10 Dixons Ashton Academy Ashton-under-Lyne -0.56 Not judged undersubscribed 0.76 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
11 All Saints Catholic College Dukinfield -0.61 Not judged improving about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
12 Dixons Pennine Academy Stalybridge hidden gem -0.9 Good improving undersubscribed 0.68 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
13 Rayner Stephens High School Dukinfield -1.03 Requires improvement undersubscribed 0.81 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate

Also in Tameside

5 further secondary schools with no published Progress 8 for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Tameside, not a fairer one.

Applying in Tameside

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