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Droylsden Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Manor Road, Droylsden, Manchester M43 6QD · droylsdenacademy.com · 0161 301 7600
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Sept 2022
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 47.7
- average Attainment 8 score. Tameside 43.5, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.1
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 926
- 100% of 930 places
- Local authority
- Tameside
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 39.5%
- First language not English
- 15.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 199 families put the school first and 181 places were offered; 84% 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 | 181 | 199 | 1.1▲ | 84% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 172 | 193 | 1.1▲ | 75% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 166 | 266 | 1.6▲ | 58% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 190 | 260 | 1.4▲ | 69% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 177 | 191 | 1.1▲ | 83% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 47.7, and 49.1% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●47.7 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲49.1% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲69.6% | 64.8% | ||
| ●42.1% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲4.34 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 5.6 | −2.8 |
| Sixth form college | 26.8 | +2.6 |
| Further education | 44.1 | −4.2 |
| Apprenticeship | 3.4 | +1.7 |
| Employment | 3.4 | 0 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 11.2 | +5 |
| Activity not captured | 5.6 | 0 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 15 September 2022, Ofsted’s outcome for Droylsden Academy was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 14 Sept 2022
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Sept 2017
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Sept 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Oct 2015Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (19 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 19
- 2% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 58% who raised concerns
based on the 26% who had a child bullied