Rayner Stephens High School
Ofsted: Needs attentionAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Dukinfield · SK16 5BL · Tameside
Ages 11–16
- Att834.1
- P8-1.0
- EM5+25%
- Absence16.5%
0.8 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: Requires improvementURN 151627
Hyde High School
Academy converter · Hyde · SK14 4SP
Ages 11–16 · 1,134 pupils · Tameside
Ofsted
Requires improvement
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Requires improvement
Inspection date
2023-05-04
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill96%
1,134 pupils · 1,185 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,134
- Boys / girls
- 523 / 611
- School capacity
- 1,185
- Capacity fill
- 1,134 / 1,185 (96%)
- Free school meals
- 48.3%
- FSM pupils
- 548
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: TAME RIVER EDUCATIONAL TRUST
- Academy trust
- TAME RIVER EDUCATIONAL TRUST
- Sponsor
- Tameside College
- Headteacher
- Ms Georgina Arnold
Location
- Address
- Old Road
- Postcode
- SK14 4SP
- Town
- Hyde
- County
- Cheshire
- Local authority
- Tameside
- District
- Tameside
- Constituency
- Stalybridge and Hyde
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
SEN & specialist provision
As recorded in GIAS — provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- HI - Hearing Impairment
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
- Resourced provision
- Resourced provision
- Resourced places
- 5 on roll / 8 capacity
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–16, in Hyde, Tameside, 1,134 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy, special school, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 48.3%. SEN provision includes: HI - Hearing Impairment.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
All Saints Catholic College
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy converter · Secondary
Dukinfield · SK16 5AP · Tameside
Ages 11–16
- Att838.0
- P8-0.6
- EM5+27%
- Absence9.9%
0.8 miles away
St Thomas More RC College
Ofsted: School remains GoodVoluntary aided school · Secondary
Manchester · M34 6AF · Tameside
Ages 11–16
- Att849.7
- P80.4
- EM5+58%
- Absence6.7%
1.5 miles away
Audenshaw School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Manchester · M34 5NB · Tameside
Ages 11–16
- Att844.6
- P8-0.1
- EM5+45%
- Absence6.0%
1.5 miles away
Alder Community High School
Ofsted: Requires improvementCommunity school · Secondary
Hyde · SK14 5NJ · Tameside
Ages 11–16
- Att843.0
- P8-0.3
- EM5+38%
- Absence9.8%
1.6 miles away
Denton Community Academy
Ofsted: InadequateAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Manchester · M34 3NG · Tameside
Ages 11–16
- FSM38.4%
1.6 miles away
West Hill School
Ofsted: Needs attentionAcademy converter · Secondary
Stalybridge · SK15 1LX · Tameside
Ages 11–16
- Att844.3
- P8-0.3
- EM5+37%
- Absence5.8%
1.9 miles away
Dixons Pennine Academy
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Stalybridge · SK15 3RR · Tameside
Ages 11–16
- Att832.7
- P8-0.9
- EM5+13%
- Absence11.1%
2.6 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Ms Georgina Arnold
- Telephone
- 01613667533