Rayner Stephens High School

Yew Tree Lane, Tameside, Cheshire, SK16 5BL

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About this school

Rayner Stephens High School is an Academy sponsor led serving secondary age pupils, located in Tameside, Cheshire. The school has 628 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Requires improvement (graded inspection, 26 September 2023). Last inspected 21 April 2026. The Headteacher is Martin Davies. The school is administered by Tameside local authority. It belongs to STAMFORD PARK TRUST. It opened in 1 January 2021.

School details

Head

Martin Davies

Trust

STAMFORD PARK TRUST

Local authority

Tameside

Gender

Mixed

URN

148430

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at Rayner Stephens High School are handled by the school or the local authority (Tameside). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

• Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
• Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
• Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
• EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.

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