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Waterloo Primary School

Ashton-under-Lyne, OL7 9NA · Tameside · primary school

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Ofsted report card · 2026 Lowest area: Needs attention Mixed Primary
1.6/10 Well below average

55th of 59 primary schools in Tameside we can score, 76 in total — the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.

Narrow the comparison to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds and it does better still — 2.5/10 against 1,030 of them, against 2.0/10 nationally. Both figures are results only, without the inspection grade. A lower figure here means a stronger comparison group, not a weaker school.

How this is worked out
MeasurePercentileWeightAdds
Expected standard (RWM) 2024/25 49.0 · 17 40% 0.69
Ofsted 8 35% 0.26
Higher standard (RWM) 2024/25 2.0 · 24 25% 0.60

Each measure is read as a position among comparable schools, so a school in the middle of the country scores 5. Full method.

Get to know the school

How it's doing. In 2024/25, 49.0% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, compared to the national median of 64%. Only 2.0% reached the higher standard. Ofsted rated the school Good in April 2026. Narrow the comparison to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds and it does better still (2.5 out of 10 against similar schools, 2.0 out of 10 against all schools).

Beyond the classroom. Pupils can join the Eco Group and School Council. The school provides both a breakfast club and an after-school club.

Getting in. There are 344 pupils in a school with 450 places, leaving 106 spare places. The school has real spare room, so a place is likely and classes are smaller than it is built for.

Worth asking on a visit. How does the school support pupils who are below the expected standard in maths? What specific activities take place during the breakfast and after-school clubs? How does the school maintain its Good rating while managing a class size significantly below capacity?

Written by AI from this school's published results, inspection record and its own website — not by Ofsted, the school, or SchoolsGPT staff. Every figure above comes from the sources on this page. Check anything that matters with the school.

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