Inspire Academy
Mossley Road, Ashton Under Lyne, Tameside, OL6 9RU
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- VICTORIOUS ACADEMIES TRUST
- Executive Principal
- Mrs Louise Armstrong
- Religious ethos
- None
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- VICTORIOUS ACADEMIES TRUST
- Constituency
- Ashton-under-Lyne
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 435
- URN
- 140427
- Local authority
- Tameside
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01613397822
About this school
Inspire Academy is a primary academy in Tameside. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 435 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Inspire Academy, 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
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 60 | 60 | 61 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 65% | 77% | 67% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% | 8% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 83% | 80% | 89% |
| Expected standard in maths | 82% | 78% | 87% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 83% | 82% | 89% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 106.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 108.0 | 108.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | 0.00 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Inspire Academy 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 | 65% | 56.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 77% | 59.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 67% | 59.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 441 |
| 2023/24 | 444 |
| 2024/25 | 432 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Inspire Academy compares
Inspire Academy ranked 20th of 59 primary schools in Tameside for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 57% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 76% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 67% | 4.3% | 41% | 435 | — |
| Rosehill Methodist Primary Academy | 39% | 5.3% | 49.9% | 306 | 0.3 miles |
| Arlies Primary School | 37% | 4.5% | 37.6% | 178 | 0.4 miles |
| Dixons Silver Springs Primary | 52% | 6.1% | 54.3% | 427 | 0.5 miles |
| St Christopher's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | — | — | — | 249 | 0.5 miles |
| Our Lady of Mount Carmel RC Primary School, Ashton-under-Lyne | 57% | 4% | 32.9% | 235 | 0.7 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)
- 40.99%
- English as an additional language
- 20.1%
- Overall absence
- 4.32%
- Persistent absence
- 11.54%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Rosehill Methodist Primary Academy0.3 miles
Primary · Ashton-under-Lyne
-
Arlies Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Stalybridge
-
Dixons Silver Springs Primary0.5 miles
Primary · Stalybridge
-
St Christopher's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy0.5 miles
Primary · Ashton-under-Lyne
-
Our Lady of Mount Carmel RC Primary School, Ashton-under-Lyne0.7 miles
Primary · Ashton-under-Lyne
Other schools in Tameside
- Linden Road Academy and Hearing Impaired Base Primary
- Safe Start School Independent schools
Common questions
- What ages does Inspire Academy teach?
- Inspire Academy teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Tameside.
- Who is the executive principal of Inspire Academy?
- The executive principal of Inspire Academy is Mrs Louise Armstrong, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Inspire Academy been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Inspire Academy, 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 Inspire Academy?
- Inspire Academy has 435 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Inspire Academy full?
- Inspire Academy has capacity for 420 pupils and 435 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 Inspire Academy a faith school?
- No. Inspire Academy has no designated religious character.
- Does Inspire Academy have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Inspire Academy as having nursery classes.
- Is Inspire Academy part of an academy trust?
- Inspire Academy is part of VICTORIOUS ACADEMIES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Inspire Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 65% in 2022/23 and 67% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Inspire Academy compare with other schools in Tameside?
- Inspire Academy ranked 20th of 59 primary schools in Tameside for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 57% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 76% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Inspire Academy's absence rate?
- Inspire Academy's overall absence rate is 4.3% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Inspire Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Inspire Academy'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.