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All Saints Catholic College
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Birch Lane, Dukinfield SK16 5AP · allsaintscatholiccollege.com · 0161 338 2120
On the mapSearch near SK16 5AP
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Apr 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 37.5
- average Attainment 8 score. Tameside 43.5, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 810
- 30 over 780 places · 104%
- Local authority
- Tameside
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 40.8%
- First language not English
- 12.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 126 families put the school first and 146 places were offered; 100% 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 | 146 | 126 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 156 | 116 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 157 | 143 | 0.9 | 97% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 178 | 167 | 0.9 | 88% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 174 | 197 | 1.1▲ | 83% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 37.5, and 22.1% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Tameside it was 43.5, and across England 46.
In 2015/16 the average A level result was grade D+ (22.1 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼37.5 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼22.1% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼47.1% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼28.6% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.02 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 1.5 | — |
| Sixth form college | 30.1 | −7.2 |
| Further education | 57.4 | +15.1 |
| Other education | 0.7 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 1.5 | +0.1 |
| Employment | 0.7 | −3.5 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 5.9 | −2.6 |
| Activity not captured | 2.2 | −4.1 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
| 2015/16 | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| A level | 39 | D+ (22.1) | -0.31 |
| All academic | 39 | D+ (22.1) | -0.31 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
Left in 2015/16
| University | 60 |
|---|---|
| Apprenticeship | 8 |
| Employment | 28 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 4 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected All Saints Catholic College on 23 April 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 23 Apr 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Sept 2023
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Sept 2023Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jul 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Feb 2016Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Personal development, behaviour and welfare Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate 16 to 19 study programmes Inadequate Safeguarding Effective Dec 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
37% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (89 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 37%
- Replies
- 89
- 11% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 91% who raised concerns
based on the 55% who had a child bullied
based on 39 parents (44%) with SEND