St Damian's RC Science College
Secondary · Voluntary aided school · Mixed · Tameside
Lees Road, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 8BH
75
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding
No graded inspection
Application demand
70%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
94.8%
11.9% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
829
Capacity used
Over capacity100%
825 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
70%
1st preference success rate
145 of 208 families who put it first got an offer
157
Places offered
565
Total applications
3.6
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 208 | 145 | ● 70% |
| 2nd preference | 162 | 12 | ● 7% |
| 3rd preference | 113 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 82 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 565 | 157 | 28% |
1st preference success by year
Tameside lets families list 6 preferences. 90 applications came from outside the council area (37 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Russ Conway
- Address
- Lees Road, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 8BH
- Phone
- 01613305974
- Local authority
- Tameside
- Ward / constituency
- Ashton Hurst · Ashton-under-Lyne
- Area
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 106270
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 26% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 19% | — | — |
| SEN support | 13% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
829 pupils · 825 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
07 June 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Outstanding
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 843 pupils
Attendance
94.8%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
5.2%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
11.9%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
2.0%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.9%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 52.8 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.24 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 66% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 81% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.98 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 55.1 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 60.9% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 86.3% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 72.7% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.12 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 161 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 161 | 29% | 66% | 89% | |
| English Language | 161 | 19% | 73% | 88% | |
| Religious Studies | 159 | 48% | 75% | 87% | |
| English Literature | 159 | 18% | 71% | 88% | |
| Combined Science | 134 | 13% | 52% | 76% | |
| History | 98 | 36% | 62% | 77% | |
| Spanish | 76 | 32% | 75% | 84% | |
| Geography | 57 | 28% | 63% | 75% | |
| French | 41 | 12% | 41% | 51% | |
| Food Preparation & Nutrition | 39 | 15% | 51% | 72% | |
| Biology | 24 | 71% | 100% | 100% | |
| Physics | 24 | 71% | 100% | 100% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Tameside council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.