Linden Road Academy, Tameside

In its own words: "A warm welcome from the Principal Linden Road Academy is a successful, thriving and happy school. We are a school with a strong, rich community of students, parents and teachers brought together by a shared determination to achieve outstanding status and becoming an exceptional school."

The school runs after-school care.

In 2025, 86% of Year 6 pupils at Linden Road Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 83% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 76% in Tameside and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 81% in reading and 71% in maths in 2024.

Year groups in primary schools are small, so a handful of pupils can move these figures by several points from one year to the next.

For September 2026 entry, 30 families put Linden Road Academy as their first choice and 60 named it as one of their preferences, for 30 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places, so in 2026 a family who put it first could expect an offer unless the school's other criteria ruled them out.

First-choice demand has risen from 22 in 2021 to 30 in 2026, while places went from 25 to 30.

Across Tameside, 95% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 99% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2025, families in Tameside lodged 78 appeals against primary school offers; 66 reached a hearing and 16 succeeded (24.2% of those heard).

The nearest other state primary schools to Linden Road Academy are St Anne's Primary School (0.2 miles); St Mary's RC Primary School (0.5 miles, Outstanding, 75% reading, 71% maths); St John Fisher RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy, Denton (0.7 miles, Good); and Corrie Primary School (0.7 miles).

Linden Road Academy is one of 32 schools run by The Enquire Learning Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 61% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2023/24.

41.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (the average state school: 24.5%), and 19.2% speak English as an additional language (average: 18.5%), according to the 2025 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (74%), Asian (9%) and Mixed (7%).

In 2025, 30 pupils (13.1%) received SEN support and 12 (5.2%) had an education, health and care plan, against 15.6% and 3.9% at the average state school. The most common need among them is autism. The school has resourced provision for pupils with particular needs.

Linden Road Academy employed 11 teachers in 2024, roughly one for every 18 pupils. Their average salary was £42,312.

Its 2026 funding allocation works out at £6,047 per pupil (£1.4 million in total), including £139,380 of pupil premium for disadvantaged pupils.

The nearest railway station is Hyde Central Rail Station, about 1050 metres away (roughly a 13-minute walk).

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is St Anne's Road (near), 230 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Linden Road Academy stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 0 crimes within a mile of the school.

In 2023/24, Linden Road Academy issued 2 suspensions, 0.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 2.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Linden Road Academy are St Thomas More RC College (0.6 miles), Hyde High School (0.9 miles), Denton Community Academy (1 mile) and Audenshaw School (1.2 miles).