Samuel Laycock School
Broadoak Road, Ashton-Under-Lyne, OL6 8RF
- Phase
- Academies
- School type
- Academy special sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 17
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- NEW BRIDGE MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Miss Donna West
- Sponsor
- New Bridge Academy
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Ashton-under-Lyne
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 180
- Pupils on roll
- 252
- URN
- 148936
- Local authority
- Tameside
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01613441992
About this school
Samuel Laycock School is a special academy in Ashton-Under-Lyne. It teaches children aged 11 to 17 and has 252 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
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 37 | 46 | 41 |
| Attainment 8 score | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.8 |
| Progress 8 score | -1.59 -2.05 to -1.12 | -1.59 -2.03 to -1.15 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
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 Samuel Laycock 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 | 0.6 | 42.2 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 0.6 | 39.7 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 0.8 | 38.4 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 211 |
| 2023/24 | 228 |
| 2024/25 | 239 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 59.83%
- English as an additional language
- 2.9%
- Overall absence
- 10.13%
- Persistent absence
- 32.24%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The Limes School1.1 miles
Special schools · Preston
-
Works 4 U Support Services (Norman Mackie & Associates Ltd)1.4 miles
Other types · Ambleside
-
Stansfield House1.5 miles
Special schools · Dukinfield
-
Safe Start School1.6 miles
Independent schools · Tameside
-
Minds Education1.8 miles
Special schools · Mossley
Other schools in Ashton-Under-Lyne
- Ashton West End Primary Academy Primary
- Canon Burrows CofE Primary School Primary
- Canon Johnson CofE Primary School Primary
- Holden Clough Primary School Primary
- Holy Trinity CofE Primary School Primary
- Hurst Knoll St James' Church of England Primary School Primary
- Livingstone Primary School Primary
- Micklehurst All Saints CofE Primary School Primary
- Milton St John's CofE Primary School Primary
- Oasis Academy Broadoak Primary
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel RC Primary School, Ashton-under-Lyne Primary
- Parochial CofE Primary and Nursery School, Ashton-under-Lyne Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Samuel Laycock School teach?
- Samuel Laycock School teaches children aged 11 to 17. It is a special school in Ashton-Under-Lyne.
- Who is the headteacher of Samuel Laycock School?
- The headteacher of Samuel Laycock School is Miss Donna West, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Samuel Laycock School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Samuel Laycock 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 big is Samuel Laycock School?
- Samuel Laycock School has 252 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 17.
- Is Samuel Laycock School full?
- Samuel Laycock School has capacity for 180 pupils and 252 on roll (140%), 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 Samuel Laycock School a faith school?
- No. Samuel Laycock School has no designated religious character.
- Who runs Samuel Laycock School?
- Samuel Laycock School is part of NEW BRIDGE MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Samuel Laycock School have?
- The schools register lists Samuel Laycock School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Samuel Laycock School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 0.6 in 2022/23 and 0.8 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Samuel Laycock School's absence rate?
- Samuel Laycock School's overall absence rate is 10.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Samuel Laycock School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Samuel Laycock 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.