Greater Manchester Alternative Provision
87 Blandford Street, Ashton Under Lyne, ol6 7hw
This school is closed (it closed in June 2025).
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Other independent special school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Mr Shane Mahon
- Constituency
- Ashton-under-Lyne
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 30
- Pupils on roll
- 10
- URN
- 145290
- Local authority
- Tameside
About this school
Greater Manchester Alternative Provision was an independent special school in Tameside. It taught children aged 11 to 16 and had 10 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Greater Manchester Alternative Provision has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in December 2017, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 5 | 11 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - |
Trends over time
How Greater Manchester Alternative Provision has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 19 |
| 2023/24 | 23 |
| 2024/25 | 10 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 0%
- Pupils with an EHC plan
- 2
- Pupils on SEN support
- 1
Location
Nearby schools
-
Safe Start School0.2 miles
Independent schools · Tameside
-
The Limes School0.5 miles
Special schools · Preston
-
Stansfield House0.6 miles
Special schools · Dukinfield
-
Samuel Laycock School1.4 miles
Academies · Ashton-Under-Lyne
-
Tameside Alternative Provision Academy1.4 miles
Academies · Dukinfield
Common questions
- What ages does Greater Manchester Alternative Provision teach?
- Greater Manchester Alternative Provision taught children aged 11 to 16. It was a special school in Tameside.
- Has Greater Manchester Alternative Provision been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Greater Manchester Alternative Provision 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 Greater Manchester Alternative Provision?
- Greater Manchester Alternative Provision had 10 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- What are Greater Manchester Alternative Provision's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Greater Manchester Alternative Provision'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 25 July 2025.