West Hill School
Ofsted: Expected
Score
D51
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Stalybridge, SK15 1LX
- Distance
- 1.8km away
Dixons Pennine Academy
Huddersfield Road, Stalybridge, SK15 3RR
Local ranking12th of 16 secondary schools in Tameside
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
790
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 11 June 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 38.0 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 27.4% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 42.7% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 117
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 83.0%
- Continued in education
- 75.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 14.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 574
- Boys
- 212 (36%)
- Girls
- 380 (64%)
- Capacity
- 790 (75% full)
- SEND
- 23.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 45.0%
- EAL
- 10.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.1%
- SEN Support
- 21.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 37.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,015/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 30.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 82.0%
- Black African: 3.6%
- White Other: 3.0%
- Asian Pakistani: 2.5%
- Mixed Other: 2.3%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.3%
- Other: 1.3%
- Asian Indian: 1.1%
82.0%
White British
3.6%
Black African
3.0%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Huddersfield Road
Stalybridge, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 139294
- UKPRN
- 10040297
- Establishment No.
- 4011
- Trust
- DIXONS ACADEMIES TRUST
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