Alder Community High School
Secondary · Community school · Mixed · Tameside
Mottram Old Road, Hyde, SK14 5NJ
61
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Requires improvement
Graded 16/04/2024
Application demand
77%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
89.4%
29.4% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
912
Capacity used
Over capacity101%
900 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
77%
1st preference success rate
164 of 213 families who put it first got an offer
170
Places offered
408
Total applications
2.4
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 213 | 164 | ● 77% |
| 2nd preference | 105 | 2 | ● 2% |
| 3rd preference | 51 | 4 | ● 8% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 39 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 408 | 170 | 42% |
1st preference success by year
Tameside lets families list 6 preferences. 12 applications came from outside the council area (2 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
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Michelle Critchlow
- Address
- Mottram Old Road, Gee Cross, Hyde, SK14 5NJ
- Phone
- 01613685132
- Local authority
- Tameside
- Ward / constituency
- Hyde Werneth · Stalybridge and Hyde
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 134283
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 30% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 9% | — | — |
| SEN support | 18% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
912 pupils · 900 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
16 April 2024
Full graded inspection
Requires improvement overall effectivenessPersonal development Good Quality of education Requires improvement Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Good - 22
19 October 2022
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 955 pupils
Attendance
89.4%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
10.6%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
29.4%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
5.9%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
5.3%
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 | 43.0 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.28 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 38% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 66% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.72 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 46.6 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 39.2% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 69.9% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 23.9% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.94 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 176 | — |
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 | 176 | 16% | 43% | 74% | |
| English Language | 176 | 18% | 52% | 76% | |
| English Literature | 176 | 19% | 65% | 78% | |
| Combined Science | 124 | 6% | 31% | 64% | |
| Art and Design | 106 | 24% | 80% | 93% | |
| History | 100 | 11% | 44% | 60% | |
| Business | 73 | 3% | 27% | 47% | |
| Spanish | 62 | 23% | 68% | 84% | |
| Geography | 52 | 15% | 25% | 42% | |
| Biology | 50 | 26% | 72% | 86% | |
| Physics | 50 | 26% | 62% | 82% | |
| Chemistry | 50 | 40% | 72% | 86% |
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.