Contested schools in Tameside
These are the Tameside schools that turned first-choice families away in at least one of the last three years — either because more families named them first than they had places, or because they refused families who named them first anyway. Figures shown are for 2026/27. Demand is not a forecast: an oversubscribed school turns more families away, which is not the same as their appeals succeeding more often.
Appeal success rates for Tameside
Secondary schools (9)
Each has its own page with a 12-year demand history.
| School | Places | First choices | Per place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laurus Ryecroft | 198 | 270 | 1.36 |
| St Thomas More RC College | 149 | 195 | 1.31 |
| Alder Community High School | 172 | 221 | 1.28 |
| West Hill School | 161 | 201 | 1.25 |
| St Damian's RC Science College | 159 | 192 | 1.21 |
| Mossley Hollins High School | 178 | 206 | 1.16 |
| Droylsden Academy | 181 | 199 | 1.10 |
| Hyde High School | 194 | 187 | 0.96 |
| Fairfield High School for Girls | 196 | 156 | 0.80 |
Primary schools (29)
Primary schools are listed here as figures rather than pages. Most refusals at the Reception intake are infant class size cases, where a panel can only act on three narrow grounds and fewer than one in ten appeals succeeds — so the honest thing to publish is the data, not a page inviting an appeal.
| School | Places | First choices | Per place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dane Bank Primary School | 30 | 41 | 1.37 |
| Holden Clough Primary School | 28 | 38 | 1.36 |
| St Anne's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | 30 | 38 | 1.27 |
| St Mary's RC Primary School | 30 | 38 | 1.27 |
| St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | 30 | 37 | 1.23 |
| Godley Community Primary Academy | 30 | 36 | 1.20 |
| St Christopher's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | 30 | 36 | 1.20 |
| Holy Trinity CofE Primary School | 31 | 37 | 1.19 |
| Audenshaw Primary School | 30 | 34 | 1.13 |
| Dowson Primary Academy | 58 | 65 | 1.12 |
| St James' Church of England Primary School | 30 | 33 | 1.10 |
| The Heys Primary School | 29 | 32 | 1.10 |
| Milton St John's CofE Primary School | 30 | 32 | 1.07 |
| St George's CofE Primary School | 30 | 32 | 1.07 |
| Ashton West End Primary Academy | 58 | 61 | 1.05 |
| Lyndhurst Primary School | 29 | 30 | 1.03 |
| Millbrook Primary School | 30 | 31 | 1.03 |
| St John Fisher RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy, Denton | 29 | 30 | 1.03 |
| Greenside Primary School | 54 | 54 | 1 |
| St Anne's Primary School | 30 | 30 | 1 |
| St Paul's CofE Primary School, Stalybridge | 24 | 24 | 1 |
| St Peter's CofE Primary School | 30 | 30 | 1 |
| Our Lady of Mount Carmel RC Primary School, Ashton-under-Lyne | 30 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Arundale Primary School | 26 | 25 | 0.96 |
| Greswell Primary School and Nursery | 50 | 48 | 0.96 |
| Livingstone Primary School | 23 | 22 | 0.96 |
| St. Peter's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | 25 | 24 | 0.96 |
| St Mary's CofE Primary School | 29 | 27 | 0.93 |
| Broadbent Fold Primary School and Nursery | 24 | 21 | 0.88 |
Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers, school-level file, 2026/27. Appeal outcomes are not published for individual schools — how we source and calculate the figures.