Alder Community High School is a state-maintained secondary school in Hyde, United Kingdom with 912 pupils. Ofsted: Requires improvement, inspected 16 April 2024. As of 10 November 2026 it is advertising 2 vacancies: Librarian and Study Centre Co-ordinator (closes 16 November) and Learning Manager (closes 16 November).
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Head
Michelle Critchlow
Type
State-maintained, Secondary
Pupils
912 pupils · 54% girls · 30.2% eligible for free school meals · 8.7% with English as an additional language DfE school census, 2025/26
Special needs
166 (18.2%) on SEN support · 47 (5.2%) with an education, health and care plan DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
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Exam results
Year
Attainment 8
Grade 5+ Eng. & maths
2025/26 provisional
43.4
43.4%
2024/25
46.6
39.2%
2023/24
43.0
37.5%
Department for Education performance tables. Attainment 8 is the average score across eight GCSE-level subjects (out of 90). Grade 5+ is the share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Provisional figures can change when the revised tables are published. Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26.
Inspections
Date
Inspection
Outcome
16 April 2024
Graded inspection
Requires improvement
18 October 2022
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next
Ofsted. Inspections graded schools Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement or Inadequate until August 2024. From September 2024 there were no overall grades; since November 2025 a report card grades each area: exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention or urgent improvement.
Staff
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2025/26
54.1
16.9
–
0
£54,924
2024/25
54.4
17.0
23%
0
£51,829
2023/24
51.7
17.9
25%
0
£45,248
2022/23
53.7
17.4
25%
0
£43,620
2021/22
49.6
18.3
14%
0
£44,107
2020/21
47.5
18.1
10%
0
£43,039
Earlier years (2010/11 to 2019/20)
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2019/20
44.9
18.5
4%
0
£42,773
2018/19
50.7
15.8
17%
0
£41,067
2017/18
49.3
15.6
16%
1
£40,608
2016/17
48.4
15.9
8%
0
£39,713
2015/16
52.6
14.4
17%
0
£39,730
2014/15
51.1
14.7
11%
0
£37,581
2013/14
48.8
15.2
10%
0
£39,679
2012/13
50.8
14.5
10%
0
£39,655
2011/12
56.9
13.6
19%
0
£37,646
2010/11
56.7
13.6
11%
0
£38,432
Department for Education, School Workforce Census. Teachers are full-time equivalent. "Leavers" is the share of teachers who moved to another state school or left state schools by the following November, so the latest year has none yet. Vacancies are posts vacant or filled temporarily on census day in November. Average pay is for all teachers, leaders included.
Attendance
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2025/26
9.6%
4.6%
26.3%
4.5%
2024/25
10.0%
4.8%
27.3%
5.5%
2023/24
9.3%
6.0%
23.5%
4.5%
2022/23
7.9%
5.0%
20.3%
3.0%
2021/22
7.8%
3.8%
21.5%
1.7%
2020/21
4.4%
0.9%
11.4%
0.6%
Earlier years (2016/17 to 2018/19)
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2018/19
4.6%
1.6%
10.1%
1.4%
2017/18
4.6%
1.5%
10.4%
1.1%
2016/17
4.5%
1.4%
8.9%
1.0%
Department for Education, pupil absence statistics, autumn and spring terms of each year so years compare. Persistently absent: share of pupils who missed 10% or more of sessions. Severely absent: share who missed half or more. There are no figures for 2019/20 (school closures).
Hiring history
2 past vacancies seen since May 2026: 1 teaching, 1 support. Most often advertised: Exam Invigilator, Teacher of English and Academic Intervention Co-ordinator. Last advertised October 2026.
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