Alder Community High School
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–16 · Hyde, Tameside
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.277 miles
Published by Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council · offers on 2 March 2026
Year 7 last distance offered, 2020–2026 (miles)
Alder Community High School is a secondary school in Hyde, Tameside for ages 11–16 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 16 April 2024. Tameside has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2013 to 2026 entry.
Alder Community High School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 1.277 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 1.284 mi |
| Year 7 2024 | 1.194 mi |
| Year 7 2023 | 1.079 mi |
| Year 7 2022 | 1.165 mi |
| Year 7 2020 | 1.145 mi |
| Year 7 2013 | Not published |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026, the last child offered a Year 7 place lived 1.277 miles away, the 5th shortest of 11 Tameside secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was about the same as in 2025 and further than in 2020.
- There were 221 first-choice applications for 172 offers for Year 7 entry in 2026; 169 offers went to first-choice families and 52 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 39% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 46.6 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Tameside schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Mottram Old Road, Gee Cross, Hyde, SK14 5NJ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Tameside
- Pupils on roll
- 912 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 16 April 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils feel well cared for in this school.”
- “They benefit from high-quality pastoral support.”
- “Some pupils spoke warmly about how staff help them to look after their mental well-being.”
To improve
- “Although published outcomes indicate that pupils typically attain well in national tests at the end of key stage 4, weaknesses in the curriculum mean that they do not build a broad and rich body of knowledge within each subject.”
- “However, at times, these checks do not match the important information outlined in the curriculum.”
- “In addition, some teachers do not use assessment strategies effectively.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 May 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 39% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 46.6 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 221 first-preference applications, 172 offers in total, 169 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Tameside.
- Hyde High School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Rayner Stephens High School 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- All Saints Catholic College 2.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Thomas More RC College 2.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Denton Community Academy 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Audenshaw School 2.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Longdendale High School 3.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- West Hill School 3.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published