Living in Ashton-under-Lyne with children
Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 48,595 people in 20,231 households; 31.6% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).
Schools
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SourceDfE results by phase (the year is in each table's heading). Inspections: Ofsted and ISI. Last place offered: the council's offer-day figures.
School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.
How it is worked outRank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase, from three years of DfE results (kinplace's league table, how it is worked out).
- Schools with hidden or no results get no rank.
Every school in Ashton-under-Lyne, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (20)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milton St John's CofE Primary School | School remains Good | 1st (1/75) in Tameside | 0.659 miles (2026) |
| St Christopher's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | Good | Top 3% (2/75) in Tameside | 0.3 miles (2026) |
| Livingstone Primary School | School remains Good | Top 8% (6/75) in Tameside | — |
| Holden Clough Primary School | Ofsted report card | Top 18% (13/75) in Tameside | 0.398 miles (2026) |
| St James' Church of England Primary School | Standards maintained | Top 31% (23/75) in Tameside | 0.428 miles (2026) |
| Holy Trinity CofE Primary School | School remains Good | Top 32% (24/75) in Tameside | 0.155 miles (2026) |
| St Peter's CofE Primary School | School remains Good | Top 35% (26/75) in Tameside | 2.143 miles (2026) |
| Oasis Academy Broadoak | Ofsted report card | Top 42% (31/75) in Tameside | — |
| Canon Burrows CofE Primary School | Good | Top 43% (32/75) in Tameside | — |
| Parochial CofE Primary and Nursery School, Ashton-under-Lyne | Good | Top 47% (35/75) in Tameside | — |
| Ashton West End Primary Academy | School remains Good | Top 50% (37/75) in Tameside | 0.684 miles (2026) |
| Canon Johnson CofE Primary School | Good | (40/75) in Tameside | — |
| The Heys Primary School | School remains Good | (42/75) in Tameside | 0.52 miles (2026) |
| St Joseph's RC Primary School | School remains Good | (49/75) in Tameside | — |
| Our Lady of Mount Carmel RC Primary School, Ashton-under-Lyne | Good | (51/75) in Tameside | 0.383 miles (2026) |
| Micklehurst All Saints CofE Primary School | School remains Good | (57/75) in Tameside | — |
| St George's CofE Primary School | Ofsted report card | (62/75) in Tameside | — |
| Waterloo Primary School | Ofsted report card | (63/75) in Tameside | — |
| Hurst Knoll St James' Church of England Primary School | Ofsted report card | (65/75) in Tameside | — |
| Rosehill Methodist Primary Academy | Good | (70/75) in Tameside | — |
State secondary schools (3)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Damian's RC Science College | School remains Outstanding | 1st (1/15) in Tameside | 4.637 miles (2026) |
| Mossley Hollins High School | Good | Top 47% (7/15) in Tameside | 0.482 miles (2026) |
| Dixons Ashton Academy | Requires improvement | — | — |
Sixth forms and colleges (2)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashton Sixth Form College | Good | (2/3) in Tameside | — |
| Tameside College | Good | (3/3) in Tameside | — |
Homes and prices
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SourceHM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Ashton-under-Lyne, September 2025 to August 2026.
How it is worked outThe middle sale of each type: half sold for more, half for less (47 detached, 115 semi-detached, 153 terraced, 16 flat or maisonette sales).
LicenceContains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Getting around
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SourceStops and stations: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes).
Broadband: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025, fixed broadband coverage by postcode.
How it is worked outRail stations within 2 km and bus stops within 1 km of the town centre; straight-line distances.
Broadband is an average across the 1,498 postcodes in OL6, OL5, OL7.
- Broadband is an average of postcodes, not of homes: check the postcode you are looking at, it can differ street by street.
Gigabit broadband can be ordered at 93% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 98%. Average of postcodes, not of homes.
Safety and environment
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SourceCrime: data.police.uk, street-level crime inside the ONS built-up area outline; people from Census 2021.
Flood: Environment Agency, Flood Map for Planning (Rivers and Sea), read from its open download. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. Open Government Licence v3.0..
Air: DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps.
How it is worked outCrime is street-level crime inside the town's outline over September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 people (Census 2021).
Flood: at the town centre the area is in flood zone 1 for rivers and the sea on the Environment Agency's Flood Map for Planning (not in zone 2 or 3, the lowest of the three).
Air: an annual mean on DEFRA's 1 km map at the town centre.
- A town centre with shops and pubs records more crime per resident than a suburb.
- Flood: surface-water risk is unknown here, we don't hold that map. One point says little about a whole town, and the zones describe the area, not a building: check the address on the Environment Agency's long-term flood risk service.
- Air: a background figure, not the air beside a busy road.
- These are for the town centre; an address can differ.
Childcare
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SourceOfsted, Childcare providers and inspections (the early years register): the number of nurseries and what Ofsted found.
Fees: each nursery's own fees page, read by 16 October 2026.
Coram Family and Childcare, Childcare Survey 2026: average nursery price for 50 hours a week after the working-parent entitlement (paying for 20 hours), by region
How it is worked outThe day rate range counts only nurseries that publish a day rate; the middle is the median of those.
- A nursery that does not publish its fees has none held here, so its price is unknown.
Key dates, Tameside
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SourceEach council's own published admissions dates, held on the dates page.
How it is worked outThe next dates ahead for Reception and Year 7 applications: applications opening and closing, offer day, and the reply deadline.
- A date marked (about) or (earliest) is worked out from the offer day under the national rules; the council has not announced it.
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