St Damian's RC Science College
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
B75
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 8BH
- Distance
- 0.6km away
Dixons Ashton Academy
Broadoak Road, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 8RF
Local ranking10th of 14 secondary schools in Tameside
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1350
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 11 March 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 38.1 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 29.6% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 50.0% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 33.0% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.4 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 230
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 84.0%
- Continued in education
- 79.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 12.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1299
- Boys
- 574 (44%)
- Girls
- 725 (56%)
- Capacity
- 1350 (96% full)
- SEND
- 22.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 50.1%
- EAL
- 25.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.9%
- SEN Support
- 18.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 79.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,376/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 26.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 54.3%
- Asian Pakistani: 20.5%
- Mixed Other: 5.3%
- Black African: 5.0%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 3.1%
- Asian Indian: 2.8%
- Other: 2.4%
- White Other: 2.0%
54.3%
White British
20.5%
Asian Pakistani
5.3%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Broadoak Road
Ashton-under-Lyne, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 135508
- UKPRN
- 10024119
- Establishment No.
- 6905
- Trust
- DIXONS ACADEMIES TRUST
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