All Saints Catholic College
Birch Lane, Dukinfield, SK16 5AP
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Trust
- CORPUS CHRISTI CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
- Head Teacher
- Ms Natalie Gilligan
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Diocese
- Diocese of Shrewsbury
- Constituency
- Ashton-under-Lyne
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 780
- Pupils on roll
- 810
- URN
- 139735
- Local authority
- Tameside
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01613382120
About this school
All Saints Catholic College is a Roman Catholic secondary academy in Dukinfield. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 810 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school 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
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 131 | 136 | 140 |
| Attainment 8 score | 39.2 | 38.0 | 37.5 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.46 -0.72 to -0.21 | -0.61 -0.85 to -0.37 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 26% | 26.5% | 22.1% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 50% | 53.7% | 47.1% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 28% | 31.6% | 28.6% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.0 |
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 All Saints Catholic College 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 | 39.2 | 42.2 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 38 | 39.7 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 37.5 | 38.4 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 774 |
| 2023/24 | 798 |
| 2024/25 | 816 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How All Saints Catholic College compares
All Saints Catholic College ranked 11th of 13 secondary schools in Tameside for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 32% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 11% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 37.5 | 9.1% | 40.6% | 810 | — |
| Rayner Stephens High School | 35.6 | 13.1% | 49.8% | 635 | 0.3 miles |
| Hyde High School | — | — | — | 1,134 | 0.8 miles |
| West Hill School | 43.5 | 6.5% | 29.5% | 852 | 1.1 miles |
| Audenshaw School | 45.5 | 5.5% | 33.4% | 1,077 | 1.8 miles |
| Dixons Pennine Academy | 35.8 | 10.4% | 45% | 592 | 1.9 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 40.56%
- English as an additional language
- 10.5%
- Overall absence
- 9.13%
- Persistent absence
- 25.96%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Rayner Stephens High School0.3 miles
Secondary · Dukinfield
-
Hyde High School0.8 miles
Secondary · Hyde
-
West Hill School1.1 miles
Secondary · Stalybridge
-
Audenshaw School1.8 miles
Secondary · Manchester
-
Dixons Pennine Academy1.9 miles
Secondary · Stalybridge
Other schools in Dukinfield
- Rayner Stephens High School Secondary
- Broadbent Fold Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Lyndhurst Primary School Primary
- Ravensfield Primary School Primary
- St John's CofE Primary School, Dukinfield Primary
- St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Primary
- Yew Tree Primary School Primary
- Cromwell High School Academies
- Oakdale School Academies
- Stansfield House Special schools
- Tameside Alternative Provision Academy Academies
Common questions
- What year groups does All Saints Catholic College teach?
- All Saints Catholic College teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Dukinfield.
- Who is the head teacher of All Saints Catholic College?
- The head teacher of All Saints Catholic College is Ms Natalie Gilligan, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was All Saints Catholic College last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected All Saints Catholic College, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is All Saints Catholic College?
- All Saints Catholic College has 810 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is All Saints Catholic College full?
- All Saints Catholic College has capacity for 780 pupils and 810 on roll (104%), so it is at or above 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 All Saints Catholic College a faith school?
- Yes. All Saints Catholic College is designated Roman Catholic, in the Diocese of Shrewsbury.
- Is All Saints Catholic College a selective school?
- No. All Saints Catholic College is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs All Saints Catholic College?
- All Saints Catholic College is part of CORPUS CHRISTI CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have All Saints Catholic College's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 39.2 in 2022/23 and 37.5 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does All Saints Catholic College rank locally?
- All Saints Catholic College ranked 11th of 13 secondary schools in Tameside for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 32% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 11% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is All Saints Catholic College's absence rate?
- All Saints Catholic College's overall absence rate is 9.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are All Saints Catholic College's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, All Saints Catholic College'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.