Peak Forest
Peak Forest is an independent special school in Hyde for boys and girls aged 11 to 16. It has 25 pupils and room for 32.
First Steps Together, Stockport Road, Hyde, SK14 3QF0330 118 0974firststepseducation.ukMrs Catherine Donnelly headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2024: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Tameside council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 25 | 24 |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 100% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pinfold Primary School | Academy | 340 m | 376 | Good 2023 | – | Compare |
| Broadbottom Church of England Primary School | Academy | 680 m | – | Good 2023 | – | Compare |
| St James Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | Academy | 770 m | 207 | Good 2021 | – | Compare |
| Arundale Primary School | Academy | 0.7 miles | 203 | Good 2023 | – | Compare |
| Discovery Academy | Academy | 0.7 miles | 211 | Good 2024 | 41 | Compare |
| Hawthorns School | Academy | 0.8 miles | 246 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Brambles School | Independent | 1.0 miles | 4 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Mottram CofE Primary School | Academy | 1.0 miles | – | Good 2022 | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Peak Forest a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Peak Forest yet.
How many pupils does Peak Forest have?
25 pupils aged 11 to 16 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 32 places, so it is 78% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- First Steps Together, Stockport Road, Hyde, SK14 3QF
- Telephone
- 0330 118 0974
- Website
- www.firststepseducation.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Catherine Donnelly
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 11-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Tameside
- Ward
- Longdendale
- Constituency
- Stalybridge and Hyde
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 29 May 2024 (new provision)
- URN
- 150682 · LAESTAB 3576008
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.