St Damian's RC Science College
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
B74
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 8BH
- Distance
- 3.4km away
Mossley Hollins High School
Huddersfield Road, Mossley, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL5 9DP
Local ranking14th of 16 secondary schools in Tameside
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
900
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 28 March 2023.
School history and status
Continues from Mossley Hollins High School (URN 106266) since 1 September 2021. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 47.0 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 49.7% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 73.7% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 179
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 87.0%
- Continued in education
- 82.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 890
- Boys
- 443 (50%)
- Girls
- 451 (50%)
- Capacity
- 900 (99% full)
- SEND
- 21.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 24.3%
- EAL
- 2.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.4%
- SEN Support
- 17.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 52.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £1,771/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
- 7.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 16.5% 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
Loading chart
- White British: 90.7%
- White Other: 2.2%
- Mixed Other: 2.0%
- Black African: 1.0%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.6%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.6%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.6%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 0.6%
90.7%
White British
2.2%
White Other
2.0%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Huddersfield Road
Ashton-under-Lyne, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 148688
- UKPRN
- 10088900
- Establishment No.
- 4018
- Trust
- TAME RIVER EDUCATIONAL TRUST
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