Longdendale High School
Spring Street, Hyde, SK14 8LW
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- STAMFORD PARK TRUST
- Headteacher
- Michael Chiles
- Sponsor
- Stamford Park Trust
- Constituency
- Stalybridge and Hyde
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 900
- Pupils on roll
- 795
- URN
- 148431
- Local authority
- Tameside
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01457764006
About this school
Longdendale High School is a secondary academy in Hyde. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 795 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Longdendale High 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
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
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 163 | 166 | 140 |
| Attainment 8 score | 41.0 | 42.5 | 41.1 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.59 -0.81 to -0.37 | -0.53 -0.75 to -0.32 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 32% | 37.3% | 32.1% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 63% | 59% | 53.6% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 60% | 62.7% | 51.4% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
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 Longdendale 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 | 41 | 42.2 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 42.5 | 39.7 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 41.1 | 38.4 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 805 |
| 2023/24 | 789 |
| 2024/25 | 784 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Longdendale High School compares
Longdendale High School ranked 9th of 13 secondary schools in Tameside for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 42% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 8% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 41.1 | 10.1% | 37.4% | 795 | — |
| Glossopdale School and Sixth Form | 43.4 | 10.1% | 31.3% | 1,162 | 1.3 miles |
| Dixons Pennine Academy | 35.8 | 10.4% | 45% | 592 | 2.3 miles |
| St Philip Howard Catholic Voluntary Academy | 40.5 | 8.7% | 29.4% | 577 | 2.3 miles |
| Alder Community High School | 46.6 | 10.6% | 38.4% | 912 | 3.0 miles |
| Rayner Stephens High School | 35.6 | 13.1% | 49.8% | 635 | 3.0 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)
- 37.37%
- English as an additional language
- 2.7%
- Overall absence
- 10.05%
- Persistent absence
- 27.44%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Glossopdale School and Sixth Form1.3 miles
Secondary · Glossop
-
Dixons Pennine Academy2.3 miles
Secondary · Stalybridge
-
St Philip Howard Catholic Voluntary Academy2.3 miles
Secondary · Glossop
-
Alder Community High School3.0 miles
Secondary · Hyde
-
Rayner Stephens High School3.0 miles
Secondary · Dukinfield
Other schools in Hyde
- Alder Community High School Secondary
- Hyde 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
- Hollingworth Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Longdendale High School teach?
- Longdendale High School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Hyde.
- Who is the headteacher of Longdendale High School?
- The headteacher of Longdendale High School is Michael Chiles, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Longdendale High School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Longdendale High 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 Longdendale High School?
- Longdendale High School has 795 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Longdendale High School full?
- Longdendale High School has capacity for 900 pupils and 795 on roll (88%), 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 Longdendale High School a faith school?
- No. Longdendale High School has no designated religious character.
- Is Longdendale High School part of an academy trust?
- Longdendale High School is part of STAMFORD PARK TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Longdendale High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 41 in 2022/23 and 41.1 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Longdendale High School compare with other schools in Tameside?
- Longdendale High School ranked 9th of 13 secondary schools in Tameside for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 42% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 8% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Longdendale High School's absence rate?
- Longdendale High School's overall absence rate is 10.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Longdendale High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Longdendale 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 10 July 2026.