Tameside Alternative Provision Academy
Tameside Alternative Provision Academy is an academy alternative provision converter in Dukinfield for boys and girls aged 5 to 16. It has 183 pupils, 33 more than it has places for. About 72 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2022.
Globe Lane, Dukinfield, SK16 4UJ0161 214 8484acttapa.comMiss Suzie Connor headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted's last full inspection was on 5 May 2022, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Good overall.
This inspection is more than 4 years old. When Ofsted next visits, the school will get a report card instead of one grade.
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 most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (93), Moderate learning difficulty (8), SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need (7), Specific learning difficulty (5), language and communications needs (4), Autistic spectrum disorder (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 183 | 167 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 72% | 74% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 4% | 5% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 33% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 32% |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ravensfield Primary School | Academy | 820 m | 386 | Report card 2026 | 0 | Compare |
| Thomas Ashton School | Academy | 0.7 miles | 106 | Inadequate 2023 | – | Compare |
| Hyde High School | Academy | 0.7 miles | 1,134 | Requires improvement 2023 | – | Compare |
| St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | Academy | 0.7 miles | 212 | Good 2024 | 14 | Compare |
| All Saints Catholic College | Academy | 0.8 miles | 810 | No overall grade 2025 | 9 | Compare |
| Flowery Field Primary School | Academy | 0.8 miles | 646 | Not inspected | 54 | Compare |
| Oakdale School | Academy | 0.8 miles | 167 | No overall grade 2025 | – | Compare |
| Yew Tree Primary School | Academy | 0.8 miles | 326 | Good 2023 | 36 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Tameside Alternative Provision Academy a good school?
Tameside Alternative Provision Academy doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it good at its last inspection in May 2022.
What is Tameside Alternative Provision Academy's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Tameside Alternative Provision Academy good at its last full inspection on 5 May 2022. That was more than four years ago. When Ofsted next visits, the school will get a report card instead of a single grade.
How many pupils does Tameside Alternative Provision Academy have?
183 pupils aged 5 to 16 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 150 places, so it is 122% full.
Does Tameside Alternative Provision Academy have a breakfast club?
Yes. It is on the government's free breakfast club programme, so every pupil can have a free half-hour breakfast club before school.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Globe Lane, Dukinfield, SK16 4UJ
- Telephone
- 0161 214 8484
- Website
- www.acttapa.com
- Headteacher
- Miss Suzie Connor
- Free breakfast club
- Yes: on the government's programme, so every pupil can have a free half-hour breakfast club before school (listed since September 2026).
- Type of school
- Academy alternative provision converter (Academy alternative provision converter, academies)
- Phase
- Pupil referral unit / alternative provision, ages 5-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- Ambition Community Trust (6 schools)
- Local authority
- Tameside
- Ward
- Dukinfield
- Constituency
- Ashton-under-Lyne
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 January 2025 (academy converter)
- URN
- 151117 · LAESTAB 3571103 · UKPRN 10095834
- Formerly
- Tameside Pupil Referral Service
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.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- Breakfast club: DfE list of schools on the free breakfast club programme.
- 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.