Audenshaw School
Hazel Street, Audenshaw, Manchester, M34 5NB
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Boys
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- AUDENSHAW SCHOOL ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Principal Holly Eckhardt
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Ashton-under-Lyne
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,140
- Pupils on roll
- 1,077
- URN
- 136273
- Local authority
- Tameside
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01613362133
About this school
Audenshaw School is a boys' secondary academy in Manchester. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 1,077 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Audenshaw School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 194 | 204 | 221 |
| Attainment 8 score | 46.2 | 44.6 | 45.5 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.08 -0.28 to +0.13 | -0.06 -0.25 to +0.14 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 45% | 45.1% | 49.8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 64% | 68.1% | 67.4% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 14% | 8.8% | 18.1% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.8 |
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 Audenshaw 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 | 46.2 | 42.2 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 44.6 | 39.7 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 45.5 | 38.4 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,106 |
| 2023/24 | 1,125 |
| 2024/25 | 1,116 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Audenshaw School compares
Audenshaw School ranked 6th of 13 secondary schools in Tameside for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 59% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 47% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 45.5 | 5.5% | 33.4% | 1,077 | — |
| Denton Community Academy | — | 15.8% | 42% | 1,107 | 0.6 miles |
| St Thomas More RC College | 44 | 6.5% | 27.7% | 797 | 1.2 miles |
| Wright Robinson College | 49.1 | 4.7% | 53.7% | 1,781 | 1.4 miles |
| Fairfield High School for Girls | 52.7 | 9.1% | 36.1% | 986 | 1.4 miles |
| Hyde High School | — | — | — | 1,134 | 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)
- 33.42%
- English as an additional language
- 15.4%
- Overall absence
- 5.5%
- Persistent absence
- 14.11%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Denton Community Academy0.6 miles
Secondary · Manchester
-
St Thomas More RC College1.2 miles
Secondary · Manchester
-
Wright Robinson College1.4 miles
Secondary · Manchester
-
Fairfield High School for Girls1.4 miles
Secondary · Manchester
-
Hyde High School1.5 miles
Secondary · Hyde
Other schools in Manchester
Audenshaw School ranks 32nd of the 59 ranked secondary schools in Manchester.
- Broadoak School Secondary
- Burnage Academy for Boys Secondary
- Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School Secondary
- Chorlton High School Secondary
- CHS South Secondary
- Co-op Academy Belle Vue Secondary
- Co-op Academy Failsworth Secondary
- Co-op Academy Manchester Secondary
- Co-op Academy North Manchester Secondary
- Co-op Academy Swinton Secondary
- Co-op Academy Walkden Secondary
- Dean Trust Ardwick Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Audenshaw School teach?
- Audenshaw School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Manchester.
- Who is the headteacher of Audenshaw School?
- The headteacher of Audenshaw School is Principal Holly Eckhardt, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Audenshaw School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Audenshaw School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Audenshaw School?
- Audenshaw School has 1,077 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Audenshaw School full?
- Audenshaw School has capacity for 1,140 pupils and 1,077 on roll (94%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Audenshaw School a faith school?
- No. Audenshaw School has no designated religious character.
- Is Audenshaw School a selective school?
- No. Audenshaw School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is Audenshaw School part of an academy trust?
- Audenshaw School is part of AUDENSHAW SCHOOL ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Audenshaw School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 46.2 in 2022/23 and 45.5 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Audenshaw School compare with other schools in Tameside?
- Audenshaw School ranked 6th of 13 secondary schools in Tameside for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 59% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 47% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Audenshaw School's absence rate?
- Audenshaw School's overall absence rate is 5.5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Audenshaw School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Audenshaw 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 1 July 2026.