Dixons Ashton Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D45
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 8RF
- Distance
- 0.6km away
St Damian's RC Science College
Lees Road, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 8BH
Local ranking1st of 14 secondary schools in Tameside
Ofsted: Outstanding
Secondary
Phase
825
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 55.1 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 60.9% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 86.3% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 72.7% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 5.1 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 161
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 95.0%
- Continued in education
- 90.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 827
- Boys
- 400 (48%)
- Girls
- 427 (52%)
- Capacity
- 825 (100% full)
- SEND
- 14.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 25.0%
- EAL
- 20.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.9%
- SEN Support
- 11.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 45.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,907/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 11.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 67.4%
- White Other: 14.1%
- Black African: 5.6%
- Asian Indian: 2.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.8%
- Mixed Other: 1.8%
- Asian Other: 1.6%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.3%
67.4%
White British
14.1%
White Other
5.6%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Lees Road
Ashton-under-Lyne, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 106270
- UKPRN
- 10016974
- Establishment No.
- 4602
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