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Holden Clough Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
St. Albans Avenue, Ashton-under-Lyne OL6 8XN · holdenclough.tameside.sch.uk · 0161 330 5248
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Mar 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 74%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Tameside 60%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.4
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 297
- 72% of 414 places
- Local authority
- Tameside
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 28.5%
- First language not English
- 16.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 38 families put the school first and 28 places were offered; 74% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 28 | 38 | 1.4▲ | 74% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 30 | 38 | 1.3▲ | 76% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 29 | 30 | 1▲ | 87% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 29 | 33 | 1.1▲ | 79% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 39 | 36 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 74% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 9% the higher standard. Across Tameside it was 60%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲74% | 62% | ||
| ●9% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲109 | 106 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 106216)
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Holden Clough Primary School on 24 March 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 24 Mar 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Strong standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2022
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 106216), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2022Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 106216)
Before September 2019
Dec 2018Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 106216)
Oct 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 106216)
May 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 106216)
What parents said
95% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (85 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 95%
- Positive
- 93%
- Replies
- 85
- 27% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 91% who raised concerns
based on 9 parents (11%) whose child was bullied
based on 20 parents (24%) with SEND