Silver Springs Primary Academy

About Silver Springs Primary Academy

Silver Springs Primary Academy sits in Tameside, and its headline Key Stage 2 results put it comfortably ahead of the local authority average. The school’s proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined stands at 71%, compared with a Tameside average of 62% for primary schools. That’s a nine-point gap, which places Silver Springs 15th out of 57 primary schools in the borough, and in the top 30% nationally. The school also performs well at the higher standard, with 10% of pupils achieving that level across all three subjects. In maths specifically, 85% of pupils met the expected standard and 24% reached the higher threshold, while reading and writing both saw 76% hitting the expected mark. The average scaled scores for reading and maths are both 105, which is exactly the national benchmark. For a school with a high proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals — 52.8% — these results suggest strong academic outcomes relative to its intake.

The school’s most recent Ofsted inspection, in July 2022, rated it Good overall, a clear improvement from its previous Requires Improvement rating in 2018. Every graded category — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision — was judged Good. The inspection report noted that the school had made effective improvements under headteacher Deborah Mason. In terms of local rankings, Silver Springs sits 14th in Tameside out of 76 primary schools, just outside the top tier but well within the top quarter. The nearest Outstanding-rated primary is Millbrook Primary School, 2.3 kilometres away, but there is only one Outstanding primary in the entire local authority, so Good is a strong rating in this context. The school’s Progress 8 scores for reading, writing and maths are not available in the data, so it’s not possible to compare value-added directly against the LA average.

Silver Springs is a three-to-11 mixed state primary with nursery provision and a capacity of 472, currently housing 417 pupils. It was oversubscribed for the 2025/26 intake, with 46 applications for 37 places and 35 first-preference offers made. Facilities include a sports hall, playing fields, a library, gymnasium, art studios, ICT suite, dining hall and a sensory room. Sports on offer range from rounders and netball to gymnastics, dance, tennis, athletics and swimming, while clubs include science, drama, book club and choir. The school lists five SEND provisions, covering specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social emotional and mental health needs, speech language and communication needs, and physical disability. For families in Tameside looking for a primary that delivers above-average results despite a high-FSM context, Silver Springs is a solid, well-regarded option — particularly given the limited number of Outstanding alternatives nearby.

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