Primary
Holden Clough Primary School
St. Albans Avenue, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 8XN
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 297 of 414 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.6
- Local authority
- Tameside
- Nursery
- Yes
- Trust
- VICTORIOUS ACADEMIES TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 13.7
- All staff (FTE)
- 23.1
- Pupils per adult
- 14.6
- Pupils
- 337
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected March 2026
- AchievementStrong standard
- Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
- Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
- Early yearsExpected standard
- InclusionExpected standard
- Leadership and governanceExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
November 2022
Previous framework
Good
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
SATs results
74%
12 points above the Ashton-under-Lyne average (62% across 19 schools)
109.0
3.9 above the Ashton-under-Lyne average (105.1 across 19 schools)
10th of 19 by our score, among the primary schools in Ashton-under-Lyne we can score - 20 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 109 |
| Average reading score | 109 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 74% |
| Working at a higher standard | 9% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time2 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 83% |
| 24/25 | 74% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 107.0 |
| 24/25 | 109.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 106.0 |
| 24/25 | 109.0 |
St. Albans Avenue, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 8XN
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Tameside admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Adam Porter
- Address
- St. Albans Avenue, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 8XN
- Telephone
- 01613305248