SCHOOL PROFILE

Dixons Ashton Academy: data, trends and context

Dixons Ashton Academy is a secondary school in Tameside. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
135508
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy sponsor led
Status
Open
Local authority
Tameside
Region
North West
Trust
DIXONS ACADEMIES TRUST
Postcode
OL6 8RF
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
None
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
1,326
FSM eligible
52.0%
EAL / First language other than English
24.5%
SEND (total)
27.8%
SEN Support
22.8%
EHCP
5.0%
White British
54.5%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
89.1%
Overall absence
10.9%
Persistent absence
26.8%
Severe absence
5.9%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
TamesideLocal authority90.9%9.1%5.1%
North WestRegion91.2%8.8%3.8%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 24 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
16.5%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
7.5%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.31%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
38.1
English & maths grade 5+
29.6%
English & maths grade 4+
50.0%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

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Dixons Ashton Academy is a secondary school in Tameside. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.