West Hill School
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SourceTameside Metropolitan Borough Council offer-day figures, 2022 to 2026.
How it is worked outThe bars show how far the last place offered reached each year. A full bar means everyone who applied was offered a place; a dash means we hold no distance for that year. Your postcode is set against each year's last distance.
- A record of past years, not a promise: the distance changes every year with who applies.
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SourceCouncil offer-day figures; map: OpenStreetMap contributors, Protomaps.
How it is worked outThe dashed circle is drawn from the school as far as the last child offered a place lived, in a straight line. A red dot is your home, with a line to the school. Tap the map to open the full Schools map.
- Councils measure distance their own way (some by walking route), so the circle is a guide, not a boundary.
Dashed circle: the last place, 2026 (1.32 mi). Faint ring: 2025 (1.39 mi).
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How it is worked outRanked on 2026 GCSE results: Attainment 8, the average grade across eight GCSEs. One year and one figure: each school's place among Tameside's secondaries with a published figure that year; the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths breaks a tie. Schools on the same figures share a place. A school whose figure DfE hides (a small year group) or does not publish is not ranked, never put last. Source: DfE school performance tables.
- One rank everywhere on the site. A school with no published figure that year is not ranked, never put last.
Summary
The key facts, in one place- Inspection
- Ofsted report card, April 2026
- Getting in
- Oversubscribed; last offer 1.32 mi (2026)
- Results
- -0.31 progress 8; 43.2 attainment 8
- Size
- 852 pupils; 161 places a year; classes of 22
- Run by
- West Hill School
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16 · Boys
- Sessions missed: 6.5%, against 9.2% in Tameside.
- Persistently absent: 16.5%, against 25.1% in Tameside.
- Progress 8: -0.31, against -0.18 in Tameside.
- English and maths, grade 5+: 35%, against 44% in Tameside.
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SourceTameside Metropolitan Borough Council offer-day figures, 2022 to 2026.
How it is worked outThe bars show how far the last place offered reached each year. A full bar means everyone who applied was offered a place; a dash means we hold no distance for that year. Your postcode is set against each year's last distance.
- A record of past years, not a promise: the distance changes every year with who applies.
Offers reached between 0.29 and 1.63 miles in the last 5 years we hold. Enter your postcode to see where your home falls.
Bars: how far the last place offered reached each year. Check your postcode and each year turns green where a place reached your home.
Offers
How far offers reached
How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.Year 7. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. What the last distance means →
Offer day, year by year
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SourceCouncil offer-day figures: Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council, 2022 to 2026.
- Distances are straight lines from the school.
| Entry | Year | Places | Applications | Offered | Refused | Last distance (miles) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year 7 | 2026 | 170 | 433 | 170 | — | 1.32 |
| Year 7 | 2025 | 170 | — | 170 | — | 1.39 |
| Year 7 | 2024 | 170 | — | 170 | — | 0.29 |
| Year 7 | 2023 | 170 | — | 170 | — | 0.47 |
| Year 7 | 2022 | 170 | — | 170 | — | 1.63 |
A dash is a figure the council does not publish, not nought.
Results
Quality
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SourceOfsted · inspected 21 April 2026
DfE school performance tables · 2023/2024
DfE school performance tables · 2025/2026
- Ofsted report card (Achievement: Needs attention; Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Inclusion: Needs attention; Safeguarding standards: Met)
- Progress 8: -0.31 (England +0.01) (county -0.18)
- Attainment 8: 43.2 (England 47.4) (county 44.7)
- English and maths grade 5 or above: 35% (England 48%) (county 44%)
- Progress, set against pupils who started with the same results: below average
Results
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SourceDfE school performance tables, 2023/2024, 2025/2026.
| Measure | This school | England | Council | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progress 8 | -0.31 | +0.01 | -0.18 | 2023/2024 |
| Attainment 8 | 43.2 | 47.4 | 44.7 | 2025/2026 |
| English and maths grade 5 or above | 35% | 48% | 44% | 2025/2026 |
League table place
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SourceDfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase.
| Table | League rank |
|---|---|
| GCSE (key stage 4) | (10/15) |
Where leavers go
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SourceDfE, destination measures.
- A figure DfE hides for a small group is left out, not shown as nought. The newest year may be provisional.
| Stage | Leavers in | Pupils | In a sustained place | Of which |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| After GCSEs | 2023/24 | 160 | 94% | In education 89%; Apprenticeship 4.4%; Employment 1.3% |
| After GCSEs | 2022/23 | 161 | 92% | In education 89%; Apprenticeship 2.5%; Employment 0.6% |
| After GCSEs | 2021/22 | 163 | 91% | In education 85%; Apprenticeship 3.1%; Employment 3.1% |
Daily life and who goes there
Daily life
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SourceDfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level · 2024/25
DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level · 2024/25
DfE, school workforce and pupil census · 2025/26
DfE, school workforce · November 2025
DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) · within 800 m
DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years · 2021 to 2025
DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024
- Absence: 6.5% of sessions missed; 16% of pupils miss 1 in 10 or more. Schools with a similar intake: 9.0% and 27%
- Suspensions: 20 per 100 pupils (schools with a similar intake: 20); 2 permanent exclusions
- Classes average 21.6 pupils; 3.7% of classes have more than 30
- 17.3 pupils for each teacher
- Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 112 m, rail 298 m
- 24 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (0 fatal, 9 serious)
- Air: nitrogen dioxide 16.2 µg/m³, PM2.5 8.2 (1 km square, background level)
Absence
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SourceDfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level, 2024-25.
- Similar intake: state schools of the same phase with free school meals in the same band (30-40%), the median of 654 schools.
| Year | Sessions missed | Authorised | Unauthorised | Pupils missing 1 in 10 | Pupils missing 1 in 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 6.5% | 4.7% | 1.8% | 16% | 1.6% |
| 2023/24 | 5.8% | 3.5% | 2.3% | 12% | 1.6% |
| 2022/23 | 6.8% | 4.5% | 2.3% | 16% | 2.1% |
| Schools with a similar intake | 9.0% | 27% |
Suspensions and exclusions
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SourceDfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level, 2024-25.
| Year | Suspensions per 100 pupils | Pupils suspended | Suspensions | Permanent exclusions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 19.7 | 7.0% | 168 | 2 |
| 2023/24 | 11.4 | 6.3% | 97 | 1 |
| 2022/23 | 9.3 | 6.5% | 78 | 4 |
| Schools with a similar intake | 19.7 |
Class sizes and staff
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SourceDfE, school workforce; school census, 2025/26.
| Measure | Figure | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Average class size | 21.6 | 2025/26 |
| Classes over 30 pupils | 3.7% | 2025/26 |
| Pupils for each teacher | 17.3 | November 2025 |
Stops nearby
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SourceDfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current.
- A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.
| Kind | Nearest (metres, straight line) |
|---|---|
| bus | 112 |
| rail | 298 |
Road collisions within 500 m
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SourceDfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025.
- 9 serious and 0 fatal in all; 9 involved a pedestrian, 3 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 |
| 2024 | 2 |
| 2023 | 6 |
| 2022 | 5 |
| 2021 | 8 |
Air quality
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SourceDEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps.
- A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.
| Pollutant | Annual mean (µg/m³) | Year |
|---|---|---|
| NO2 | 16.2 | 2024 |
| PM10 | 12.3 | 2024 |
| PM25 | 8.2 | 2024 |
Who goes there
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SourceDfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.
| Measure | Share of pupils | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Eligible for free school meals | 30% | 2025/26 |
| First language other than English | 5.3% | 2025/26 |
| SEN support | 17% | 2025/26 |
| Education, health and care plan | 3.6% | 2025/26 |
| Girls | 0.0% | 2025/26 |
Ofsted
Inspections
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SourceOfsted, 2026.
| Date | Kind | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 21 April 2026 | Report card | 7 areas graded |
| 24 November 2021 | Ungraded visit | School remains Good |
Admissions
Getting in
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SourceDfE, school applications and offers · Year 7 2026
- 201 families put it first for 161 places; 152 of them got in
- We hold no catchment map for this school, so we can't say which addresses are inside it.
Applications and offers, DfE
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SourceDfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence), 2014 to 2026.
- Families name up to three schools, so most applications are somebody's second or third choice.
| Entry | Year | Places | First choices | Any choice | First choices offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year 7 | 2026 | 161 | 201 | 413 | 152 |
| Year 7 | 2025 | 157 | 203 | 383 | 150 |
| Year 7 | 2024 | 165 | 198 | 380 | 156 |
| Year 7 | 2023 | 171 | 183 | 380 | 159 |
| Year 7 | 2022 | 166 | 149 | 342 | 146 |
| Year 7 | 2021 | 167 | 193 | 403 | 156 |
| Year 7 | 2020 | 169 | 190 | 398 | 153 |
| Year 7 | 2019 | 169 | 190 | 472 | 156 |
| Year 7 | 2018 | 170 | 188 | 437 | 155 |
| Year 7 | 2017 | 170 | 161 | 372 | 147 |
Feeder school rules
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SourceThe admission arrangements the school or council published.
How it is worked outQuoted word for word from those arrangements.
- Check the quote against the school's own current admission policy before you rely on it: rules change each year.
We found no priority for named primary schools in the arrangements for 2027/28 (the document). Our tools read it, but nobody has read it line by line.
Who runs it
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SourceDfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined August 2011
DfE, open academies list
DfE, Get Information about Schools: links · 1 August 2011
- West Hill School
- Opened as an academy (converter) on 1 August 2011
- Replaced West Hill School (URN 106274)
- We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.
Fees and clubs
State schools charge no tuition fees. Breakfast clubs, after-school clubs and holiday clubs are set by each school: ask the school what it runs and what it costs.
Childcare costsWhat wraparound care and early years places cost, and what funding covers.See costs →Nearby
Schools nearby
All Saints Catholic College1.1 miDixons Pennine Academy1.1 miRayner Stephens High School1.2 miDixons Ashton Academy1.5 miCompare side by side →Nurseries nearby
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SourceOfsted early years register.
Sources
- Council offer-day figures: Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
- DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
- DfE school performance tables
- DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase
- DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence)
- DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level
- DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level
- DfE, destination measures
- DfE, school workforce; school census
- DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs
- DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
- DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
- Ofsted
- School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026 (this school)
- How we check these figures: How we know
More in schools in Stalybridge and the Tameside league table.
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