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Rayner Stephens High School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Yew Tree Lane, Dukinfield SK16 5BL · raynerstephens.org.uk · 0161 338 2374
On the mapSearch near SK16 5BL
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Apr 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 35.6
- average Attainment 8 score. Tameside 43.5, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 635
- 76% of 831 places
- Local authority
- Tameside
- Sixth form
- No
- Free school meals
- 47.2%
- First language not English
- 18%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Stamford Park Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 131 families put the school first and 161 places were offered; 99% 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 | 161 | 131 | 0.8 | 99% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 155 | 105 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 152 | 75 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 114 | 66 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 65 | 23 | 0.4 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 35.6, and 29.6% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼35.6 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼29.6% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼46.5% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼15.5% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.05 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 144622)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| Sixth form college | 26.6 | +7.7 |
| Further education | 42.7 | −8.5 |
| Other education | 2.4 | 0 |
| Apprenticeship | 0.8 | −3.9 |
| Employment | 6.5 | −2.9 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 15.3 | +3.5 |
| Activity not captured | 5.6 | +4 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Rayner Stephens High School on 21 April 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention
- Achievement: Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 21 Apr 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention |
| Achievement | Needs attention |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Sept 2023
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 144622), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Sept 2023Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Mar 2020Inadequate
Quality of education Inadequate Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Requires improvement Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 144622)
What parents said
94% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (18 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 94%
- Replies
- 18
- 3% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 94% who raised concerns
based on 3 parents (17%) whose child was bullied
based on 5 parents (28%) with SEND