Inspire Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Tameside
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2020–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Inspire Academy is a primary school in Tameside for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 11 October 2023. Tameside has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Inspire Academy 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 |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2024 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2023 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2021 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2020 | 1.277 mi |
| Reception 2016 | Not published |
| Reception 2015 | Not published |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, though places ran out in 1 of the 5 earlier years.
- Reception 2026 had 54 first-choice applications for 60 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 6 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 67% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%).
- The 2024/25 reading, writing and maths figure was the highest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Tameside that have results.
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
- Mossley Road, Ashton Under Lyne, Tameside, OL6 9RU
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Tameside
- Pupils on roll
- 435 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 36.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 11 October 2023
Strengths
- “Inspire Academy provides a warm and welcoming environment.”
- “Pupils, and children in the early years, benefit from the strong, caring relationships that staff build with them.”
- “This helps pupils to feel safe.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, the school is still developing its curriculum thinking.”
- “This means that, in these subjects, teachers are less clear about the precise knowledge that they want pupils to learn and the gaps in knowledge that they need to address.”
- “This hinders pupils from building securely on what they already know.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 November 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 67% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 54 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 54 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 primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Tameside.
- Rosehill Methodist Primary Academy 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Arlies Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Dixons Silver Springs Primary 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Christopher's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel RC Primary School, Ashton-under-Lyne 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Hurst Knoll St James' Church of England Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Heys Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Parochial CofE Primary and Nursery School, Ashton-under-Lyne 0.9 mi Good Last distance published