Hyde High School
Old Road, Hyde, SK14 4SP
This school is closed (it closed in March 2025).
It was replaced by Hyde High School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Georgina Arnold
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- SEN provision
- HI - Hearing Impairment
- Constituency
- Stalybridge and Hyde
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 1,185
- Pupils on roll
- 1,138
- URN
- 106268
- Local authority
- Tameside
About this school
Hyde High School was a community secondary school in Hyde. It taught children aged 11 to 16 and had 1,138 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Hyde High School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 218 | 234 | 221 |
| Attainment 8 score | 38.0 | 39.9 | 41.0 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.41 -0.60 to -0.22 | -0.48 -0.67 to -0.30 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 28% | 29.1% | 31.7% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 50% | 58.1% | 58.8% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 29% | 29.5% | 28.5% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
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 Hyde 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 | 38 | 42.2 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 39.9 | 39.7 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 41 | 38.4 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,153 |
| 2023/24 | 1,169 |
| 2024/25 | 1,138 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Hyde High School compares
Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 41% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 6% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 41 | 10.7% | 49% | 1,138 | — |
| Hyde High School | — | — | — | 1,134 | 0.0 miles |
| Rayner Stephens High School | 35.6 | 13.1% | 49.8% | 635 | 0.8 miles |
| All Saints Catholic College | 37.5 | 9.1% | 40.6% | 810 | 0.8 miles |
| St Thomas More RC College | 44 | 6.5% | 27.7% | 797 | 1.5 miles |
| Audenshaw School | 45.5 | 5.5% | 33.4% | 1,077 | 1.5 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)
- 49.03%
- English as an additional language
- 15.2%
- Overall absence
- 10.68%
- Persistent absence
- 32.66%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Hyde High School0.0 miles
Secondary · Hyde
-
Rayner Stephens High School0.8 miles
Secondary · Dukinfield
-
All Saints Catholic College0.8 miles
Secondary · Dukinfield
-
St Thomas More RC College1.5 miles
Secondary · Manchester
-
Audenshaw School1.5 miles
Secondary · Manchester
Other schools in Hyde
- Alder Community High School Secondary
- Hyde High School Secondary
- Longdendale High School Secondary
- Arundale Primary School Primary
- Bradley Green Primary Academy Primary
- Broadbottom Church of England Primary School Primary
- Discovery Academy Primary
- Dowson Primary Academy Primary
- Endeavour Primary Academy Primary
- Flowery Field Primary School Primary
- Gee Cross Holy Trinity CofE Primary School Primary
- Godley Community Primary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Hyde High School teach?
- Hyde High School taught children aged 11 to 16. It was a secondary school in Hyde.
- Has Hyde High School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Hyde 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 big is Hyde High School?
- Hyde High School had 1,138 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- How have Hyde High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 38 in 2022/23 and 41 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Hyde High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Hyde 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.