St Albans Avenue, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire OL6 8XN
10 reasons to choose Holden Clough Community Primary School
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Holden Clough Community Primary School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 68. It is one of the best state primary schools in Ashton-under-Lyne and one of the 3 best independent or state primaries within 1.5 miles.
School fundamentals
Holden Clough Community Primary School is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 3 and 11 years. It is an academy converter. The school is one of the 9 members of Victorious Academies Trust. The school was also rated as Good by Ofsted in its last (2022) inspection.
Average class size
Holden Clough Community Primary School has two classes per year, and an average class size of 27 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that Holden Clough Community Primary School achieves above average attainment results. By the same measure, progress scores have been variable around the national average, possibly reflecting different cohorts’ ability profiles.
The Holden Clough Community Primary School curriculum
School curriculum also includes PSHE, Spanish. Most subjects are taught separately, but geography, history, art and DT are taught as cross-curricular topics. There may be an occasional extra-curricular academic or hobby club.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers and Forest School sessions for all pupils.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.
Sport at Holden Clough Community Primary School
School offers PE and up to 10 seasonal sports. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3. School Games Mark Gold Award.
The Arts at Holden Clough Community Primary School
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Out of school hours care from 7.30am to 5.30pm provided by an external contractor.
Find another school near Holden Clough Community Primary School
Trinity Christian School, Primary (2.8 miles); Hulme Grammar Prep School (3.8 miles); The Chadderton Preparatory Grammar School (5.1 miles).
St Christopher’s Roman Catholic Primary School, Ashton-under-Lyne (0.9 miles); Canon Burrows Church of England Primary School (1.4 miles); Milton St John’s Church of England Primary School (1.9 miles).
Trinity Christian School, Stalybridge (2.8 miles); Hulme Grammar School (3.8 miles); The Manchester Grammar School (7.9 miles).
St Damian’s RC Science College (0.4 miles); The Blue Coat CofE School (3.7 miles); Mossley Hollins High School (3.8 miles).