All Saints Catholic College
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Tameside
Birch Lane, Dukinfield, SK16 5AP
54
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Not judged
Graded 23/04/2025
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
90.9%
26.0% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
810
Capacity used
Over capacity104%
780 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
116 of 116 families who put it first got an offer
156
Places offered
321
Total applications
2.1
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 116 | 116 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 97 | 16 | ● 16% |
| 3rd preference | 59 | 3 | ● 5% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 49 | 6 | ● 12% |
| Total | 321 | 141 | 44% |
1st preference success by year
Tameside lets families list 6 preferences. Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Natalie Gilligan
- Address
- Birch Lane, Dukinfield, SK16 5AP
- Phone
- 01613382120
- Local authority
- Tameside
- Ward / constituency
- Dukinfield · Ashton-under-Lyne
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 139735
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 41% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 9% | — | — |
| SEN support | 16% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: CORPUS CHRISTI CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
810 pupils · 780 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
23 April 2025
Full graded inspection
Not judged overall effectivenessPersonal development Good Quality of education Requires improvement Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Requires improvement - 23
21 September 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 855 pupils
Attendance
90.9%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
9.1%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
26.0%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
5.3%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
5.6%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 38.0 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.61 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 27% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 54% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.16 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 37.5 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 22.1% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 47.1% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 28.6% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.02 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 140 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 140 | 6% | 26% | 53% | |
| English Language | 140 | 11% | 43% | 61% | |
| English Literature | 133 | 11% | 38% | 57% | |
| Religious Studies | 130 | 16% | 43% | 55% | |
| Combined Science | 107 | 0% | 13% | 36% | |
| Geography | 61 | 3% | 21% | 33% | |
| History | 53 | 2% | 30% | 40% | |
| Art and Design | 45 | 13% | 53% | 87% | |
| Spanish | 35 | 11% | 29% | 40% | |
| Biology | 25 | 16% | 44% | 64% | |
| Physics | 25 | 16% | 40% | 64% | |
| Chemistry | 25 | 16% | 40% | 64% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Tameside council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.