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26 open schools in Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria · see all Tameside schools · grammar schools in Ashton-under-Lyne

Ashton-under-Lyne has 26 state schools: 20 primary, 3 secondary, part of Tameside's wider catchment. 21 have a published Ofsted rating, and 19 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.

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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.

Canon Johnson CofE Primary School Good · ×0.87 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Parochial CofE Primary and Nursery School, Ashton-under-Lyne Good · ×0.89 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Rosehill Methodist Primary Academy Good · ×0.93 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Canon Burrows CofE Primary School Good · ×0.96 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Livingstone Primary School Good · ×0.96 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Our Lady of Mount Carmel RC Primary School, Ashton-under-Lyne Good · ×0.97 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.

Ashton Sixth Form College Ashton-Under-Lyne · Good Ashton West End Primary Academy Ashton-under-Lyne · Good Canon Burrows CofE Primary School Ashton-under-Lyne · Good Canon Johnson CofE Primary School Ashton-under-Lyne · Good Dixons Ashton Academy Ashton-under-Lyne · Not judged Holden Clough Primary School Ashton-under-Lyne Holy Trinity CofE Primary School Ashton-under-Lyne · Good Hurst Knoll St James' Church of England Primary School Ashton-under-Lyne Livingstone Primary School Ashton-under-Lyne · Good Micklehurst All Saints CofE Primary School Ashton-under-Lyne · Good Milton St John's CofE Primary School Ashton-under-Lyne · Good Mossley Hollins High School Ashton-under-Lyne · Good Oasis Academy Broadoak Ashton-under-Lyne 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 Rosehill Methodist Primary Academy Ashton-under-Lyne · Good Samuel Laycock School Ashton-Under-Lyne · Not judged 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 Ashton-Under-Lyne St James' Church of England Primary School Ashton-under-Lyne · Good St Joseph's RC Primary School Ashton-under-Lyne · Good St Peter's CofE Primary School Ashton-under-Lyne · Good Tameside College Ashton-under-Lyne · Good The Heys Primary School Ashton-under-Lyne · Good Waterloo Primary School Ashton-under-Lyne

Key dates

Entry yearEventDate
Sept 2028 Application deadline 31 October 2027
Sept 2028 Primary application deadline 15 January 2028
Sept 2028 Offer day 1 March 2028
Sept 2028 Primary offer day 17 April 2028
Sept 2027 Application deadline 31 October 2026
Sept 2027 Primary application deadline 15 January 2027
Sept 2027 Offer day 1 March 2027
Sept 2027 Primary offer day 16 April 2027
Sept 2026 Application deadline 31 October 2025 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary application deadline 15 January 2026 (passed)
Sept 2026 Offer day 2 March 2026 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary offer day 16 April 2026 (passed)

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