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Schools in Hyde

Cheshire · Tameside · 22 schools

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Reception applications for September 2027 close in 75 days

Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Tameside (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.

Year 7 offers for September 2027: Monday 1 March 2027

Applications closed on 31 October. Late applications are still accepted but considered after on-time ones.

Schools in Hyde (22)

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By type:Primary schools in Hyde (16)Special schools in Hyde (3)Secondary schools in Hyde (3)

Total Schools

22

16 primary · 3 secondary

Total Pupils

6,879

90% capacity used

Ofsted Rated

1

0 outstanding · 1 good

Capacity

7,647

768 spare places

Ofsted Ratings

20
Good: 1
Requires Improvement: 1
Not inspected: 20

Area Performance (2026)

Attainment 8

41.1

GCSE Eng+Maths

36.7%

School Capacity & Demand

Primary Schools

HIGH pressure
3,661 pupils3,784 capacity

97% occupied · 123 spare places

Secondary Schools

HIGH pressure
2,841 pupils2,985 capacity

95% occupied · 144 spare places

Future school places: DfE estimates

All 11 of Hyde's primary schools in DfE's capacity survey are in one DfE planning area.

DfE estimates the Denton/Hyde/Longdendale Primary planning area (Tameside) will have 1,046 spare primary places in 2027/28.

All 3 of Hyde's secondary schools in DfE's capacity survey are in one DfE planning area.

DfE estimates the Tameside MBC Secondary planning area (Tameside) will have 1,760 spare secondary places in 2027/28.

Source: Department for Education, School capacity: Academic year 2024/25 (published 19 March 2026), estimates of future school place demand by planning area. Council pupil forecasts against reported places, counting places councils and DfE plan to add or remove; rounded to whole places. Explore Education Statistics

Questions parents ask about schools in Hyde

How many schools are there in Hyde?

Hyde has 22 open schools: 16 state primary, 3 state secondary or all-through and 3 special.

Source: DfE Get Information About Schools

Which schools in Hyde are rated Outstanding?

1 school in Hyde was rated Outstanding at its most recent graded Ofsted inspection: Hawthorns School. Counting Good as well, 73% of the 11 graded schools here are rated Good or better. Ofsted stopped giving single-word overall grades in September 2024, so these are the grades from each school's last full inspection.

Hawthorns School

Source: Ofsted

Which secondary schools in Hyde get the best GCSE results?

Of the 3 schools in Hyde with 2026 GCSE results, the highest Attainment 8 scores - the average grade across a pupil's best eight GCSEs - were at Alder Community High School, with an Attainment 8 score of 43.4 and 43% passing English and maths at grade 5 or above; Longdendale High School, with an Attainment 8 score of 40.1 and 37% passing English and maths at grade 5 or above; and Hyde High School, with an Attainment 8 score of 39.8 and 30% passing English and maths at grade 5 or above. Progress 8, the DfE's value-added measure, was not published for 2026.

Alder Community High SchoolLongdendale High SchoolHyde High School

Source: DfE school performance data

Which primary schools in Hyde have the best SATs results?

Of the 9 primary schools in Hyde with 2025 Key Stage 2 results, the highest shares of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading and maths were at Discovery Academy (80% in reading, 92% in maths); Godley Community Primary Academy (94% in reading, 78% in maths); and Bradley Green Primary Academy (86% in reading, 82% in maths). Small schools can swing a long way from one year to the next, because each pupil is a large share of the result.

Discovery AcademyGodley Community Primary AcademyBradley Green Primary Academy

Source: DfE school performance data

Are there grammar schools in Hyde?

No. None of the state secondary schools in Hyde selects pupils by ability, so every state secondary here is comprehensive.

Source: DfE Get Information About Schools

Do schools in Hyde have catchment areas?

Most state schools in Hyde have no fixed catchment boundary. When a school is oversubscribed, Tameside allocates places on its published criteria - usually looked-after children first, then siblings, then home-to-school distance - so the practical cut-off moves each year. Each school's page here shows an estimate of its catchment radius.

How do I apply for a school place in Hyde?

Apply to Tameside through its coordinated admissions process, even for academies and faith schools. In England the closing date is 31 October for secondary places and 15 January for primary places, in the year before your child starts.