Schools in the Tameside local authority
Tameside has 110 schools listed on OfferDay across 12 towns.
76 primary schools · 16 secondary schools · 2 sixth forms and colleges · 13 special and alternative provision schools · 3 independent schools
About schools in Tameside
Most of the 110 schools listed in Tameside are primary schools. Its 16 secondary schools are where families compare options once a child finishes primary. Older students can carry on at two sixth forms and colleges.
Every school on this page is inspected by Ofsted. Its newer reports judge a school across several areas rather than giving one overall grade, while older reports still carry the previous single grade, so read the framework and the date on each page before you set two schools side by side. Where results have been published you will also find key stage 2 scores for the primary schools and Attainment 8 for the secondary schools. An inspection or a results table captures a school at one past moment, so use this page to draw up a shortlist and then visit.
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 61%
- of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, across the 60 schools with published results
- Key stage 4, 2024/25
- 44.0
- average Attainment 8 score, across the 14 schools with published results
Top schools in Tameside
Ranked by the latest published results; primary and secondary schools are measured differently and never compared with each other.
Primary
- 1 Milton St John's CofE Primary School 90%
- 2 St John's CofE Primary School, Dukinfield 83%
- 3 St Raphael's Catholic Primary School 80%
- 4 Livingstone Primary School 79%
- 5 Bradley Green Primary Academy 79%
- 6 Broadbent Fold Primary School and Nursery 77%
- 7 St Paul's CofE Primary School, Stalybridge 76%
- 8 St. Peter's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 76%
Secondary
- 1 St Damian's RC Science College 55.1
- 2 Fairfield High School for Girls 52.7
- 3 Laurus Ryecroft 51.6
- 4 Droylsden Academy 47.7
- 5 Alder Community High School 46.6
- 6 Audenshaw School 45.5
- 7 St Thomas More RC College 44.0
- 8 West Hill School 43.5
Schools by town
The count beside each town is the number of its schools under Tameside.
Common questions about schools in Tameside
- How many schools are in Tameside?
- OfferDay lists 110 schools in Tameside, including 76 primary schools and 16 secondary schools.
- Who inspects schools in Tameside?
- Every school in Tameside is inspected by Ofsted. Newer reports grade several areas of a school separately on a report card, while older reports carry a single overall grade, so check the framework and the date on each page before you compare two schools.
- Which are the best schools in Tameside?
- OfferDay ranks an area's schools only where enough of them have published results to compare fairly, and Tameside does not have enough to rank. Compare its schools on their Ofsted reports and, where results are published, the figures shown against each school on this page.
- How many towns are in the Tameside local authority?
- OfferDay groups the Tameside schools across twelve towns, listed in the schools-by-town section on this page. Any school with no town recorded in the national register is listed separately, grouped by phase, so every school in the local authority is reachable.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. Information on this page was last updated on 24 July 2026.