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Tameside Alternative Provision Academy

  • Alternative provision
  • Academy alternative provision converter
  • Ages 5 to 16

URN 151117 · Tameside · AMBITION COMMUNITY TRUST

In Tameside

Inspection

Ofsted management information, as at 30 September 2026.

Latest graded inspection

5 May 2022

Overall effectiveness
Good

Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding is effective
Yes

This inspection was of the predecessor school, before it converted or reopened under its current URN.

Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1

Under the earlier framework, inspections gave an overall effectiveness grade.

Read the reports on Ofsted’s website. Source: Ofsted, State-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions

Against Tameside and England, alternative provision.

Suspensions per 100 pupils

2024/25

77.25

Tameside
77.25
England
248.42

171.17 lower than England.

Suspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. One pupil can be suspended more than once. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England, 2024/25.

Permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

2024/25

0.00

Tameside
0.00
England
0.30

0.30 lower than England.

Permanent exclusions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England, 2024/25.

Pupils

Against Tameside and England, alternative provision.

Eligible for free school meals

2024/25

74.3%

Tameside
74.3%
England
63.2%

11.1 percentage points higher than England.

Pupils known to be eligible for free school meals on census day in January. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

SEN support

2024/25

32.9%

Tameside
32.9%
England
57.1%

24.2 percentage points lower than England.

Pupils receiving special educational needs support without an education, health and care plan. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

Education, health and care plan

2024/25

31.7%

Tameside
31.7%
England
26.3%

5.4 percentage points higher than England.

Pupils with an education, health and care plan. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

First language other than English

2024/25

4.8%

Tameside
4.8%
England
7.6%

2.8 percentage points lower than England.

Pupils whose first language is known or believed to be other than English. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

Teachers

Against Tameside and England, alternative provision.

Pupils per qualified teacher

2025/26

11.0

Tameside
9.8
England
7.3

3.7 higher than England.

Full-time equivalent pupils for each full-time equivalent qualified teacher. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2025/26.

Teacher sickness absence

2024/25

Not publishedNot published for this school

Tameside
5.4 days
England
5.0 days

Compared with all state-funded schools: DfE publishes this measure for all schools, not by phase.

Days lost to sickness absence in the school year, averaged across all teachers. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2024/25.

Finance

Academies report their accounts as part of their trust, so DfE publishes no school-level balance for this school. The trust’s figures are in DfE’s Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool.

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About the school

Pupils on roll
183
Capacity
150
Type
Academy alternative provision converter
Phase
Alternative provision
Age range
5 to 16
Gender
Mixed
Trust
AMBITION COMMUNITY TRUST
Opened
1 January 2025
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Constituency
Ashton-under-Lyne
Deprivation of the area (IDACI)
Decile 4 of 10 (1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods)

Address: Globe Lane, Dukinfield, Cheshire, SK16 4UJ

Website: www.acttapa.com

Telephone: 01612148484

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Sources and corrections

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Tameside Alternative Provision Academy, URN 151117. https://joshuamangas.com/intel/school/151117/. Data release 20 October 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.