# St Damian's RC Science College

St Damian's RC Science College is a secondary school in Tameside, for pupils aged 11 to 16.

It had 829 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Secondary school. Code E106270. [Tameside](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Voluntary aided school
- Ages: 11 to 16
- Pupils: 829
- Council: Tameside
- URN: 106270

## Latest Ofsted outcome

School remains Outstanding, June 2023
- Latest ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding, 7 June 2023
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at St Damian's RC Science College was 56.0, against 43.7 in Tameside and 46.2 in England.
67.9% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).

### End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs): 2025/26, provisional

| Measure | This school | Tameside | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Average Attainment 8 score | 56.0 | 43.7 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 67.9% | 43.3% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 87% | 63.6% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 162 | – | – |

The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Holden Clough Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/holden-clough-primary-school-e149664): 440 m. Primary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. 74% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Dixons Ashton Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/dixons-ashton-academy-e135508): 610 m. Secondary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 37.7 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Samuel Laycock School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/samuel-laycock-school-e148936): 620 m. Special. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade
- [St Christopher's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-christophers-rc-primary-school-a-voluntary-academy-e151363): 660 m. Primary. Good (overall), December 2023, before the school changed
- [Rosehill Methodist Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/rosehill-methodist-primary-academy-e146177): 1.1 km. Primary. Good (overall), May 2023. 39% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Oasis Academy Broadoak](https://openindex.co.uk/school/oasis-academy-broadoak-e144569): 1.2 km. Primary. Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met. 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/106270)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/106270)

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-damians-rc-science-college-e106270, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-damians-rc-science-college-e106270#sc-results.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-damians-rc-science-college-e106270