Alder Community High School
Community school · 912 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.6
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West Hill School
- Pupils on roll
- 852of 850 places
- Free school meals
- 30.5%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 169
- Ofsted
- Report card, 21 April 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Needs attentionAchievement Needs attentionAttendance and behaviour Expected standardPersonal development and wellbeing Expected standardInclusion Needs attentionLeadership and governance Expected standardPost-16 provision Not applicableSafeguarding Met
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: West Hill School (URN 106274, until 1 August 2011).
What the data says
West Hill School has no sixth form. Of the 161 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 47% moved to a sixth form college, 40% to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 47% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Design and Technology is unusually popular at GCSE: 33% of the year group took it, against 11% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 43.5 against 46.1 across England and 43.6 in Tameside, with 39% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Tameside and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | West Hill School | Tameside | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 161 | 2,864 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 92% | 89% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 89% | 83% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 2% | 3% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 47% | 36% | 13% |
| — further education college | 40% | 43% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 6% | 8% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | West Hill School | Tameside | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 43.5 | 43.6 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 39% | 41% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 61% | 63% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 8% | 35% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.47 | 3.81 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 24% | 35% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 37.4 | 35.7 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 45.5 | 47.8 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 11% | 15% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 169 | 100% | 88% | 16% | 22% | 68% |
| English Literature | 169 | 100% | 86% | 12% | 21% | 67% |
| English Language | 169 | 100% | 89% | 12% | 20% | 57% |
| Combined Science | 111 | 66% | 65% | 2% | 9% | 36% |
| History | 68 | 40% | 41% | 18% | 26% | 65% |
| Business Studies | 60 | 36% | 18% | 15% | 20% | 60% |
| Physics | 58 | 34% | 23% | 29% | 46% | 91% |
| Chemistry | 58 | 34% | 23% | 24% | 47% | 91% |
| Biology | 58 | 34% | 23% | 29% | 45% | 97% |
| Design and Technology | 56 | 33% | 11% | 16% | 23% | 41% |
| Religious Studies | 39 | 23% | 31% | 36% | 32% | 67% |
| Geography | 37 | 22% | 41% | 16% | 25% | 73% |
| Computer Science | 37 | 22% | 13% | 35% | 30% | 73% |
| Fine Art | 36 | 21% | 9% | 33% | 28% | 94% |
| Electronics | 33 | 20% | 0% | 45% | 70% | 82% |
| Physical Education | 29 | 17% | 11% | 24% | 24% | 86% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 21 | 12% | 8% | 5% | 21% | 62% |
| Spanish | 12 | 7% | 19% | 8% | 27% | 67% |
| Music | 10 | 6% | 5% | 40% | 33% | 90% |
| German | 8 | 5% | 5% | 50% | 33% | 100% |
| Urdu | 8 | 5% | 1% | 25% | 42% | 38% |
| Gujarati | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 57% | — |
| Arabic | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 28 | — | — |
| Small Business Management | 17 | — | — |
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.