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Schools in Ambleside

Ambleside has 1 school listed on OfferDay. It is in the Tameside local authority area.

About schools in Ambleside

OfferDay lists one school in Ambleside, a special or alternative provision school.

Ofsted inspects every school listed here. Its newer reports judge a school across several areas rather than giving one overall grade, while older reports still carry the previous single grade, so read the framework and the date on each page before you set two schools side by side. An inspection or a results table captures a school at one past moment, so use this page to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

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Schools near Ambleside

With only one school listed in Ambleside itself, most families here also look further afield. These are the 60 schools closest to the centre of Ambleside by straight-line distance, wherever they sit administratively — the nearest is Works 4 U Support Services (Norman Mackie & Associates Ltd), about 0.0 miles away.

Common questions about schools in Ambleside

How many schools does Ambleside have?
OfferDay lists one school in Ambleside, a special or alternative provision school.
Who inspects schools in Ambleside?
Every school in Ambleside is inspected by Ofsted. Newer reports grade several areas of a school separately on a report card, while older reports carry a single overall grade, so check the framework and the date on each page before you compare two schools.
How are schools in Ambleside ranked?
OfferDay ranks an area's schools only where enough of them have published results to compare fairly, and Ambleside does not have enough to rank. Compare its schools on their Ofsted reports and, where results are published, the figures shown against each school on this page.

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. Information on this page was last updated on 15 June 2026.