Droylsden Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Mixed · Tameside
Manor Road, Manchester, M43 6QD
67
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
75%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
90.7%
24.3% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
926
Capacity used
Over capacity100%
930 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
75%
1st preference success rate
145 of 193 families who put it first got an offer
172
Places offered
582
Total applications
3.4
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 193 | 145 | ● 75% |
| 2nd preference | 188 | 24 | ● 13% |
| 3rd preference | 119 | 2 | ● 2% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 82 | 1 | ● 1% |
| Total | 582 | 172 | 30% |
1st preference success by year
Tameside lets families list 6 preferences. 168 applications came from outside the council area (36 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
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Ed Mayell
- Address
- Manor Road, Manchester, M43 6QD
- Phone
- 01613017600
- Local authority
- Tameside
- Ward / constituency
- Droylsden West · Ashton-under-Lyne
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 135864
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 40% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 17% | — | — |
| SEN support | 18% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: TAME RIVER EDUCATIONAL TRUST
926 pupils · 930 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
15 September 2022
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 991 pupils
Attendance
90.7%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
9.3%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
24.3%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
6.4%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
6.4%
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 | 46.9 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.14 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 47% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 64% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.06 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 47.7 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 49.1% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 69.6% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 42.1% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.34 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 171 | — |
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 | 170 | 18% | 54% | 74% | |
| English Language | 170 | 20% | 57% | 72% | |
| English Literature | 158 | 26% | 66% | 81% | |
| Combined Science | 123 | 17% | 50% | 67% | |
| History | 116 | 31% | 71% | 80% | |
| Geography | 69 | 14% | 49% | 68% | |
| Business | 51 | 10% | 24% | 33% | |
| Physical Education | 45 | 27% | 76% | 84% | |
| Art and Design | 43 | 9% | 79% | 98% | |
| Spanish | 40 | 23% | 60% | 70% | |
| Biology | 35 | 60% | 97% | 100% | |
| Physics | 35 | 51% | 94% | 97% |
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.