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Audenshaw School
Secondary · Boys · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Hazel Street, Audenshaw, Manchester M34 5NB · audenshawschool.org.uk · 0161 336 2133
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2023
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 45.5
- average Attainment 8 score. Tameside 43.5, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,077
- 94% of 1,140 places
- Local authority
- Tameside
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 32.3%
- First language not English
- 15.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 189 families put the school first and 201 places were offered; 92% 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 | 201 | 189 | 0.9 | 92% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 205 | 202 | 1 | 91% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 212 | 190 | 0.9 | 96% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 237 | 225 | 0.9 | 96% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 230 | 183 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 45.5, and 49.8% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Tameside it was 43.5, and across England 46.
In 2018/19 the average A level result was grade C- (27.8 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●45.5 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲49.8% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲67.4% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼18.1% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.82 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 1.5 | +0.5 |
| Sixth form college | 40.7 | +7.2 |
| Further education | 41.7 | −6.3 |
| Apprenticeship | 4.4 | +1.4 |
| Employment | 2.9 | +0.4 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 6.4 | −2.6 |
| Activity not captured | 2.5 | 0 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2018/19 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 44 students | C- (27.8) | Below average -0.50 | |
| 44 students | C- (27.8) | Below average -0.50 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 69 | C- (26.3) | -0.64 |
| 2016/17 | 44 | C- (25.9) | -0.31 |
| 2015/16 | 81 | C- (26.1) | -0.41 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2018/19 | Since 2016/17 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 61 | +13 |
| Apprenticeship | 5 | −8 |
| Employment | 20 | 0 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 9 | −6 |
| Activity not captured | 5 | +2 |
Ofsted
Audenshaw School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 13 March 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 13 Mar 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Feb 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Feb 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good 16 to 19 study programmes Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Feb 2016Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement 16 to 19 study programmes Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
87% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (202 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 87%
- Replies
- 202
- 18% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 70% who raised concerns
based on the 42% who had a child bullied
based on 38 parents (19%) with SEND