Holden Clough Primary School
Primary schoolHolden Clough Primary School is a primary school in Tameside, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 297 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection
- Report card, 24 March 2026
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Not applicable
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 74% of pupils at Holden Clough Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in Tameside and 62% in England.
9% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Tameside | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 74% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 9% | 5% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 109 | 104 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Samuel Laycock SchoolSpecial. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade360 m
- Dixons Ashton AcademySecondary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 37.7 (2025/26, provisional)410 m
- St Damian's RC Science CollegeSecondary. School remains Outstanding, June 2023. Attainment 8 of 56.0 (2025/26, provisional)430 m
- St Christopher's RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), December 2023, before the school changed740 m
- Oasis Academy BroadoakPrimary. Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met. 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)910 m
- Rosehill Methodist Primary AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), May 2023. 39% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.3 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Tameside
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).