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Dixons Ashton Academy

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy

Broadoak Road, Ashton-under-Lyne OL6 8RF · dixonsash.com · 0161 241 9555

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected Mar 2025
GCSEs, 2024/25
38.1
average Attainment 8 score. Tameside 43.5, England 46
Demand for places
0.8
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,326
98% of 1,350 places
Local authority
Tameside
Sixth form
No
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
52%
First language not English
24.5%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Dixons Academies Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 196 families put the school first and 258 places were offered; 99% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 198 (Places 265)198September 2023: 188 (Places 264)188September 2024: 206 (Places 264)206September 2025: 174 (Places 254)174September 2026: 196 (Places 258)196Places 258
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20262581960.899%
September 2025Sept 20252541740.7100%
September 2024Sept 20242642060.898%
September 2023Sept 20232641880.7100%
September 2022Sept 20222651980.799%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 38.1, and 29.6% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Tameside it was 43.5, and across England 46.

In 2017/18 the average A level result was grade D+ (21.7 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 38.7 (England 46.3)38.72017/18: 39.8 (England 46.5)39.82018/19: 39.1 (England 46.7)39.12021/22: 36.3 (England 48.8)36.32022/23: 36.3 (England 46.3)36.32023/24: 36.0 (England 45.9)36.02024/25: 38.1 (England 46.0)38.1England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼38.146.0
▼29.6%45.4%
▼50.0%64.8%
▼33.0%40.5%
▼3.354.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form0.8+0.4
Sixth form college37+5.5
Further education43.3−8.9
Apprenticeship3.1+1.2
Employment2.4+1.7
Not in a lasting destination8.7−2
Activity not captured4.7+2.8

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

15/1616/1717/182015/16: 24.2 (England 30.5)D+2016/17: 25.2 (England 31.1)C-2017/18: 21.7 (England 32.1)D+England 32.1
2017/18TrendAverage gradeProgress
32 studentsD+ (21.7)Well above average +0.51
32 studentsD+ (21.7)Well above average +0.51
96.6%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2016/1758C- (25.2)-0.06
2015/1651D+ (24.2)-0.09

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/17
Left in 2016/17
University63
Further and other education15
Further education12
Other education2
Apprenticeship8
Employment4
Not in a lasting destination8
Activity not captured2

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected Dixons Ashton Academy on 11 March 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
11 Mar 2025
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood

Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Mar 2023

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Nov 2024Monitoring visitEffective action
  • Mar 2023Requires improvement
    Quality of educationRequires improvement
    Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
    Personal developmentGood
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Jun 2019Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementGood
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Jan 2019Monitoring visitEffective action
  • Sept 2018Monitoring visitEffective action
  • Mar 2017Inadequate
    Outcomes for pupilsInadequate
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentInadequate
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareInadequate
    Leadership and managementInadequate
    16 to 19 study programmesInadequate
    SafeguardingNot effective
  • Feb 2015Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesGood

What parents said

73% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (63 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
73%
Replies
63
5% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school▼81% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼81% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼67% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations●84% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼79% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼64% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▼74% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects●93% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▼84% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▼76% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼69% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 78% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly●49% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 51% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▲71% agreeEngland 67%

based on 21 parents (33%) with SEND

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