Laurus Ryecroft
Secondary · Free schools · Mixed · Tameside
Lumb Lane, Manchester, M43 7LJ
75
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Outstanding
Graded 25/01/2023
Application demand
63%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
92.7%
20.6% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,153
Capacity used
Has space85%
1,350 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
63%
1st preference success rate
195 of 308 families who put it first got an offer
201
Places offered
702
Total applications
3.5
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 308 | 195 | ● 63% |
| 2nd preference | 217 | 5 | ● 2% |
| 3rd preference | 102 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 75 | 1 | ● 1% |
| Total | 702 | 201 | 29% |
1st preference success by year
Tameside lets families list 6 preferences. 89 applications came from outside the council area (10 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
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Reece Carling
- Address
- Lumb Lane, Droylsden, Manchester, M43 7LJ
- Phone
- 01615075500
- Local authority
- Tameside
- Ward / constituency
- Droylsden East · Ashton-under-Lyne
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 145894
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 38% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 10% | — | — |
| SEN support | 15% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: THE LAURUS TRUST
1,153 pupils · 1,350 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
25 January 2023
Full graded inspection
Outstanding overall effectivenessPersonal development Outstanding Quality of education Outstanding Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,115 pupils
Attendance
92.7%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
7.3%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
20.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
2.9%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
3.9%
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 | 52.3 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.73 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 56% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 81% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.99 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 51.6 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 50.5% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 73.6% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 66.3% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.76 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 208 | — |
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.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 35.46 | 35 |
| Average grade | B- | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 15.8% | 17% |
| A-level students | 38 | — |
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 | 207 | 28% | 55% | 79% | |
| English Language | 207 | 21% | 56% | 75% | |
| English Literature | 205 | 24% | 63% | 79% | |
| Spanish | 190 | 32% | 61% | 77% | |
| Combined Science | 143 | 14% | 37% | 59% | |
| History | 86 | 30% | 64% | 72% | |
| Geography | 69 | 20% | 52% | 62% | |
| Biology | 61 | 33% | 67% | 95% | |
| Physics | 61 | 25% | 74% | 93% | |
| Chemistry | 61 | 28% | 72% | 90% | |
| Religious Studies | 46 | 50% | 85% | 89% | |
| Media / Film / TV | 44 | 7% | 39% | 59% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 16 | 6% | 31% | 63% | |
| History | 15 | 7% | 27% | 60% | |
| Biology | 14 | 0% | 14% | 36% | |
| Mathematics | 12 | 8% | 25% | 42% | |
| Chemistry | 10 | 0% | 20% | 50% | |
| Logic / Philosophy | 9 | 0% | 22% | 56% | |
| English Literature | 7 | 14% | 43% | 86% | |
| Physics | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Spanish | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Business Studies | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Media / Film / TV Studies | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Geography | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #160 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 20768: Laurus Ryecroft
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | ≤5 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
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.