Linden Road Academy and Hearing Impaired Base

About Linden Road Academy and Hearing Impaired Base

Linden Road Academy and Hearing Impaired Base is a state primary in Tameside that currently has 229 pupils on roll, slightly above its official capacity of 210. That overspill is a practical reflection of demand: for the 2025/26 intake, the school received 37 applications for 18 places, with all 18 first-preference offers going out and an oversubscription ratio of 2.06. The pupil body is notably diverse in terms of disadvantage, with 45.7% of children eligible for free school meals — well above the national average for primary schools. The school also houses a Hearing Impaired Base, a resourced provision that supports children with hearing impairments alongside those with other identified needs, including speech, language and communication difficulties, moderate learning difficulties, and social, emotional and mental health challenges. This specialist base, combined with the school’s nursery provision for children aged two and up, means the intake is unusually broad, both in age range and in the range of additional needs the school is set up to support.

Academically, Linden Road performs solidly against local benchmarks. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 assessments, 65% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — three percentage points above the Tameside local authority average of 62%. The school’s maths average scaled score was 105, with 71% of pupils hitting the expected standard and 26% reaching the higher standard. Reading averaged 104, with 81% at expected and 16% at higher. Writing saw 71% at expected, though no pupils reached the higher standard. The school ranks 26th out of 57 primaries in Tameside on the combined RWM metric, placing it in the top half of the LA. Its most recent graded Ofsted inspection, in 2018, rated the school Good overall, with Good for leadership and management and Good for early years provision. An ungraded inspection in 2023 confirmed the school remains Good, a notable improvement from its previous Requires Improvement rating in 2013.

The school’s facilities include a sports hall, playing fields, a sensory room, an outdoor playground and a chapel, and it offers a broad range of sports including swimming, tennis, netball, football, cross country and athletics. Clubs run the gamut from film and book club to chess, coding and gardening. For families with children who have a hearing impairment or other special educational needs, the resourced provision and the range of SEND support — covering dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, SEMH, speech and language, and visual impairment — make this a genuinely inclusive option. The school is oversubscribed, so parents should be prepared to apply early and list it as a first preference. It suits families who want a community primary with a strong inclusive ethos, solid but not exceptional results, and a setting that actively supports children with a wide range of additional needs alongside their mainstream peers.

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