Tame Bank
Tame Bank is an independent special school in Stalybridge for boys and girls aged 14 to 16. It has 11 pupils and room for 30.
11 Melbourne Street, Stalybridge, SK15 2JE0330 118 0974firststepstogether.co.ukMr Matthew Lawton headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2025: 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.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gorse Hall Primary and Nursery School | Council | 310 m | 401 | Good 2023 | 54 | Compare |
| St. Peter's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | Academy | 400 m | 232 | Good 2023 | 73 | Compare |
| Trinity School | Independent | 480 m | 90 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| West Hill School | Academy | 680 m | 852 | Report card 2026 | 21 | Compare |
| St Paul's CofE Primary School, Stalybridge | Academy | 840 m | 190 | Good 2020 | 58 | Compare |
| Works 4 U Support Services (Norman Mackie & Associates Ltd) | Special post 16 institution | 900 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Dixons Silver Springs Primary | Academy | 980 m | 427 | Good 2022 | 20 | Compare |
| Broadbent Fold Primary School and Nursery | Council | 0.8 miles | 217 | Good 2023 | 66 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Tame Bank a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Tame Bank yet.
How many pupils does Tame Bank have?
11 pupils aged 14 to 16 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 30 places, so it is 37% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- 11 Melbourne Street, Stalybridge, SK15 2JE
- Telephone
- 0330 118 0974
- Website
- www.firststepstogether.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Mr Matthew Lawton
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 14-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Tameside
- Ward
- Dukinfield Stalybridge
- Constituency
- Stalybridge and Hyde
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 27 June 2025 (new provision)
- URN
- 151653 · LAESTAB 3576010
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.