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Alder Community High School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Community school
Mottram Old Road, Gee Cross, Hyde SK14 5NJ · aldercommunityhighschool.org.uk · 0161 368 5132
On the mapSearch near SK14 5NJ
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Apr 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 46.6
- average Attainment 8 score. Tameside 43.5, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.3
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 912
- 12 over 900 places · 101%
- Local authority
- Tameside
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 30.2%
- First language not English
- 8.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 221 families put the school first and 172 places were offered; 76% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 172 | 221 | 1.3▲ | 76% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 170 | 213 | 1.3▲ | 77% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 175 | 230 | 1.3▲ | 73% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 177 | 245 | 1.4▲ | 72% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 173 | 252 | 1.5▲ | 68% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 46.6, and 39.2% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Tameside it was 43.5, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●46.6 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼39.2% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲69.9% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼23.9% | 40.5% | ||
| ●3.94 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 0.5 | −1.5 |
| Sixth form college | 31 | −4.9 |
| Further education | 50 | +7.5 |
| Apprenticeship | 1.1 | −3.5 |
| Employment | 3.8 | −1.4 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 10.3 | +3.1 |
| Activity not captured | 3.3 | +1.3 |
Ofsted
Alder Community High School was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 16 April 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 16 Apr 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Oct 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2022Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Nov 2017Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Jun 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Oct 2012Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good
What parents said
64% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (118 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 64%
- Replies
- 118
- 13% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 83% who raised concerns
based on the 49% who had a child bullied
based on 37 parents (31%) with SEND