Thomas Ashton School
Special schoolThomas Ashton School is a special school in Tameside, for pupils aged 5 to 14. It had 106 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Inadequate (overall), November 2023, before the school changed, special measures
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 8 November 2023
- Overall effectiveness
- Inadequate
- Quality of education
- Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Inadequate
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Inadequate
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 EducationEnd of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Tameside | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | Does not apply to this school | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | Does not apply to this school | 5% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | Does not apply to this school | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | Does not apply to this school | 104 | 105 |
- Thomas Ashton School teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
- 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- Hyde High SchoolSecondary. Requires improvement (overall), May 2023, before the school changed. Attainment 8 of 39.8 (2025/26, provisional)60 m
- Flowery Field Primary SchoolPrimary. Some aspects not as strong, November 2024. 75% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)180 m
- Oakfield Primary and Moderate Learning Difficulties Resource ProvisionPrimary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade. 33% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)910 m
- St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyPrimary. School remains Good, March 2024. 45% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)910 m
- Arnfield Independent SchoolSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file1 km
- Oakdale SchoolSpecial. Graded inspection, April 2025: no overall grade, before the school changed1.1 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).