Mossley Hollins High School
Huddersfield Road, Mossley, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL5 9DP
This school is closed (it closed in May 2025).
It was replaced by Mossley Hollins High School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Andrea Din
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Stalybridge and Hyde
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 890
- Pupils on roll
- 890
- URN
- 106266
- Local authority
- Tameside
About this school
Mossley Hollins High School was a community secondary school in Ashton-Under-Lyne. It taught children aged 11 to 16 and had 890 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Mossley Hollins High School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 175 | 175 | 170 |
| Attainment 8 score | 48.8 | 49.9 | 47.4 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.24 -0.46 to -0.03 | -0.03 -0.24 to +0.18 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 51% | 53.1% | 47.1% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 70% | 78.3% | 71.8% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 72% | 66.3% | 64.1% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.4 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Mossley Hollins High School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Tameside average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 48.8 | 42.2 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 49.9 | 39.7 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 47.4 | 38.4 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 888 |
| 2023/24 | 880 |
| 2024/25 | 890 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Mossley Hollins High School compares
Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 67% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 19% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 47.4 | 7.7% | 24.3% | 890 | — |
| Mossley Hollins High School | — | — | — | 894 | 0.0 miles |
| St Damian's RC Science College | 55.1 | 5.2% | 25% | 829 | 2.1 miles |
| Dixons Pennine Academy | 35.8 | 10.4% | 45% | 592 | 2.3 miles |
| Saddleworth School | — | — | — | 1,444 | 2.4 miles |
| Dixons Ashton Academy | 38.1 | 10.9% | 50.1% | 1,326 | 2.5 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 24.27%
- English as an additional language
- 2.1%
- Overall absence
- 7.67%
- Persistent absence
- 16.52%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Mossley Hollins High School0.0 miles
Secondary · Ashton-under-Lyne
-
St Damian's RC Science College2.1 miles
Secondary · Ashton-under-Lyne
-
Dixons Pennine Academy2.3 miles
Secondary · Stalybridge
-
Saddleworth School2.4 miles
Secondary · Oldham
-
Dixons Ashton Academy2.5 miles
Secondary · Ashton-under-Lyne
Other schools in Ashton-Under-Lyne
- Dixons Ashton Academy Secondary
- Mossley Hollins High School Secondary
- St Damian's RC Science College Secondary
- Ashton West End Primary Academy Primary
- Canon Burrows CofE Primary School Primary
- Canon Johnson CofE Primary School Primary
- Holden Clough Primary School Primary
- Holy Trinity CofE Primary School Primary
- Hurst Knoll St James' Church of England Primary School Primary
- Livingstone Primary School Primary
- Micklehurst All Saints CofE Primary School Primary
- Milton St John's CofE Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Mossley Hollins High School teach?
- Mossley Hollins High School taught children aged 11 to 16. It was a secondary school in Ashton-Under-Lyne.
- Has Mossley Hollins High School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Mossley Hollins High School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Mossley Hollins High School?
- Mossley Hollins High School had 890 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- How have Mossley Hollins High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 48.8 in 2022/23 and 47.4 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Mossley Hollins High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Mossley Hollins High School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
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. This page was last updated on 7 July 2025.