Audenshaw School

Academy converter·Secondary school Manchester, Tameside·M34 5NB
Composite score
56.9
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#1,620
National rank
#197
In North West
#7
In Tameside
Top 51%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
45.5
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
50%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
67%
% EBacc grade 5+
6%
EBacc average points score
3.82

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
92%
189 first choices, 201 places
First choices per place
0.94
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
399
any preference, for 201 places
Last place offered lived
2.19 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 3528 m
Applications from another council area
5%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.05
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1 per place
0.8020220.9520230.9020240.9820250.942026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–16
Pupils on roll
1,116
Gender
Boys
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
33.4%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
15.4%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
6.5%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
2.9%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.0%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
15.6%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
15.7
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,737
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
92%
194 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
88%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
3%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

School overview

Audenshaw School is a boys' secondary school serving Manchester, Tameside, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 1,116 pupils aged 11 to 16 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Audenshaw School 'Good'. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 45.5 — broadly in line with the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has risen by 0.9 points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of secondary schools nationally.

50% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, above the national average of about 45%. 67% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. 92% of the families who made Audenshaw School their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 2.19 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. After Year 11, 92% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 6.0%. There are about 15.7 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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