Arnfield Independent School
Ofsted: Good
- Type
- Other independent special school
- Location
- Glossop, SK14 9EY
- Distance
- 1.1km away
Thomas Ashton School
Bennett Street, Hyde, SK14 4SS
Independent
Phase
100
Capacity
5-14
Age range
Mixed
Gender
School history and successor
Closed on 31 December 2024 and continues as Thomas Ashton School (URN 151614) (opened 1 January 2025). Its page carries this history forward.
Year:
Pupil Demographics
- Total Pupils
- 97
- Boys
- 91 (94%)
- Girls
- 6 (6%)
- Capacity
- 100 (97% full)
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 6.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 15.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £29,469/yr
*Financial data not available for 2024-25 — showing 2023-24
Attendance & Absence
2023-24*Data not available for 2024-25 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 21.3% nat6.6%
- Persistent Absence
- 63.6% nat17.5%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community special school
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Not applicable
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 89.6%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 5.2%
- Mixed Other: 3.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.0%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 1.0%
89.6%
White British
5.2%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
3.1%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Bennett Street
Hyde, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 106278
- UKPRN
- 10015146
- Establishment No.
- 7002
Often compared with
Parents weighing up Thomas Ashton School usually look at the nearest comparable schools too. Put them side by side on results, inspection and intake.
- Arnfield Independent School
Glossop · 1.1km away
- Stansfield House
Dukinfield · 2.5km away
- Tame Bank
Stalybridge · 2.9km away
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