Glossopdale School and Sixth Form
Ofsted: Good
Score
C55
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Glossop, SK13 2DA
- Distance
- 2.0km away
Longdendale High School
Spring Street, Hyde, SK14 8LW
Local ranking8th of 14 secondary schools in Tameside
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
900
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 25 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
- 41.1 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 32.1% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 53.6% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 51.4% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.6 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 140
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 88.0%
- Continued in education
- 80.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 784
- Boys
- 327 (42%)
- Girls
- 457 (58%)
- Capacity
- 900 (87% full)
- SEND
- 13.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 37.4%
- EAL
- 2.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.4%
- SEN Support
- 10.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 50.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,194/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 27.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 90.8%
- Black African: 2.4%
- White Other: 1.5%
- Mixed Other: 1.5%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.9%
- Other: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.5%
- Asian Other: 0.5%
90.8%
White British
2.4%
Black African
1.5%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 148431
- UKPRN
- 10087689
- Establishment No.
- 4009
- Trust
- STAMFORD PARK TRUST
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