Audenshaw School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C60
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Manchester, M34 5NB
- Distance
- 0.9km away
Denton Community Academy
Taylor Lane, Denton, Manchester, M34 3NG
Local ranking16th of 16 secondary schools in Tameside
Ofsted: InadequateUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1530
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 14 December 2022. Figures last updated .
School history and status
Continues from Denton Community College (URN 135122) since 31 December 2024. 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
- 46.1 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 56.9% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 73.1% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 283
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 83.0%
- Continued in education
- 73.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 7.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 11.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1281
- Boys
- 457 (41%)
- Girls
- 650 (59%)
- Capacity
- 1530 (72% full)
- SEND
- 19.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 42.0%
- EAL
- 10.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.3%
- SEN Support
- 16.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 21.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 58.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £4,950/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
- 15.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 41.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 73.7%
- Black African: 5.7%
- Asian Pakistani: 3.4%
- White Other: 2.8%
- Other: 2.5%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.0%
- Asian Chinese: 1.8%
- Mixed Other: 1.7%
73.7%
White British
5.7%
Black African
3.4%
Asian Pakistani
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Taylor Lane
Manchester, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 151485
- UKPRN
- 10096977
- Establishment No.
- 4010
- Trust
- NORTHERN EDUCATION TRUST
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