Denton, Droylsden & Audenshaw: Area Profile

A profile of needs and services about children, young people and their families

In the Ashton area of Tameside

December 2007

1 Ashton: Profile of need and services

Introduction

This is a selective statistical profile of needs and services in the Ashton area – one of four areas chosen as a basis from which future integrated services for children, young people and families will be delivered. The other areas are Stalybridge, Mossley & Dukinfield; Hyde, Hattersley & Longdendale and Denton, Droylsden & Audenshaw. Companion profiles of these other areas are also available.

This profile has a focus on data that has relevance to children and families rather than other community members (e.g. older people). The data selected is not exhaustive; rather, key indicators of need are selected to help produce an overall picture of need in the area and offer some comparisons between different localities (mainly wards) within the area. Some commentary is provided as appropriate.

It is expected that the profile will aid planning and delivery of services.

The profile has two parts: Part 1 focuses on the presentation of basic need data whilst Part 2 focuses on services.

2 Contents

Ashton: Profile of need and services ...... 2

Introduction ...... 2

Contents...... 3

Part 1: Basic need data...... 6

Population...... 6

Index of Multiple Deprivation ...... 7

Child Poverty Index ...... 9

Children in families receiving workless benefits ...... 10

Ward Profiles ...... 13

Ashton Hurst profile...... 13

1: Population data ...... 13

2: Household Composition...... 13

3. Housing...... 14

4. Health...... 14

5. Unemployment...... 15

6. Education...... 15

7. Occupation ...... 15

Ashton Waterloo Profile ...... 16

2: Household Composition...... 17

3. Housing...... 17

4. Health...... 18

5. Unemployment...... 18

6. Education...... 19

7. Occupation ...... 19

Ashton St Michael Profile...... 20

1: Population data ...... 20

3 2: Household Composition...... 20

3. Housing...... 21

4. Health...... 21

5. Unemployment...... 21

6. Education...... 22

7. Occupation ...... 22

Ashton St Peter ...... 23

1: Population data ...... 23

2: Household Composition...... 24

3. Housing...... 24

4. Health...... 25

5. Unemployment...... 25

6. Education...... 26

7. Occupation ...... 26

Part 2: Service Profile...... 28

Introduction ...... 28

School and childcare data ...... 28

Nursery Education and childcare ...... 28

Primary Schools ...... 28

Secondary Schools ...... 29

Children’s Centre services...... 30

Childcare provision...... 30

A. Childminders ...... 31

B. Day Nurseries ...... 31

C. Playgroups/Pre-School ...... 31

D. Out of School Clubs ...... 32

Section 2: Additional services...... 32

4 Education Welfare services ...... 32

Social Care services ...... 32

Connexions...... 33

Youth Offending services...... 33

PCT Health services ...... 33

Youth provision...... 33

Appendix 1: Selected population data for Ashton Wards by Area ...... 34

Appendix 2: Selected comparison tables...... 35

5 Part 1: Basic need data

Population

The graph below shows the 0-18 population across Tameside by area (including electoral wards) and is provided for comparison purposes. Data from ONS mid-year estimates 2004.

Tameside 0-18 population estimates 2006

18000 16,938 16000 13,473 14000 12000 11,193 11,109 10000 8000 Number 6000 4000 2000 0 Ashton Hurst, Ashton Hyde Newton, Hyde Mossley, Staly North & Denton South, North East Waterloo, Asthon St Godley, Longdendale, South, Dukinfiled/Styal, & West, Audenshaw, Michael, Ashton St Peter Hyde Werneth Dukinfield Droylsden East and West 4 areas (grouped by electoral wards)

The uneven spread of population by area is explained by the presence of greater or lesser number of electoral wards in each area. This is also reflected in the spread of schools across Tameside (see Part 2).

There are 4 wards in the Ashton area

• Ashton Hurst • Ashton Waterloo • Ashton St Michael • Ashton St Peter

Appendix 1 provides the population estimates based on child benefit claims. This shows an estimate of 15,672 children and young people and an estimated 9,230 families.

6 Index of Multiple Deprivation1

The table below offers a useful summary of the relative position of different areas (Super output areas2 (or SOAs), old and new ward (boundaries were changed in 2003) and District Assemblies) of disadvantage in Tameside. Data source Tameside policy unit 2004.

The relevant areas for Ashton are highlighted in blue

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) 2004

11 SOAs in worst 5% nationally

Old Wards New Wards District Assemblies Ashton Hurst 2 Ashton Hurst 2 Ashton 5 Ashton St Michaels 1 Ashton St Michaels 1 Denton & Audenshaw 1 Ashton St Peters 2 St Peters 2 Hyde 1 Denton South 1 Denton South 1 Longdendale & Hattersley 4 Hyde Godley 2 Hyde Godley/Hyde Werneth split 1 Hyde Werneth 1 Hyde Godley/Longdendale split 2 Longdendale 2 Longdendale 2

7 SOAs in worst 10% (but not worst 5%) nationally

Old Wards New Wards District Assemblies Ashton St Michaels 1 Ashton St Michaels 1 Ashton 2 Ashton St Peters 1 St Peters 1 Droylsden 1 Droylsden East 1 Droylsden East 1 Dukinfield 2 Dukinfield 2 Dukinfield 2 Mossley & NE Stalybridge 1 Mossley 1 Mossley 1 Stalybridge 1 Stalybridge North 1 Stalybridge North 1

32 SOAs in worst 20% (but not worst 10%) nationally

Old Wards New Wards District Assemblies Ashton St Michaels 1 Ashton St Michaels 1 Ashton 6 Ashton St Peters 2 St Peters 2 Denton & Audenshaw 7 Ashton Waterloo 3 St Peters / Audenshaw split 1 Droylsden 2 Audenshaw 2 Ashton Waterloo 3 Dukinfield 2 Denton North East 2 Audenshaw 1 Hyde 9 Denton South 3 Denton North East 2 Mossley & NE Stalybridge 1

1 The Index has been constructed by the Index Team at Oxford University for the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. The data show information taken from the ward level Indices of Deprivation and the Index of Multiple Deprivation 2000 ('IMD 2000'). The six Domain Indices are:

o Income o Employment o Health Deprivation and Disability o Education, Skills and Training o Housing o Geographical Access to Services o A Child Poverty Index is also presented, which is a sub-set of the Income Domain See http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/

2 Super Output Areas are an amalgamation of the Census Output Areas used to publish results from the 2001 Census. The ones used for the Indices of Deprivation are Lower Layer Super Output Areas, with a population of about 1500 each. There are 141 of them in Tameside, and 32,482 in England as a whole.

7 Droylsden East 1 Denton South 3 Stalybridge 5 Droylsden West 1 Droylsden East 1 Dukinfield 1 Droylsden West 1 Dukinfield Stalybridge 2 Dukinfield 1 Hyde Godley 2 Dukinfield Stalybridge 1 Hyde Newton 6 Dukinfield Stalybridge / Stalybridge North Hyde Werneth 1 split 1 Stalybridge North 3 Hyde Godley 2 Stalybridge South 2 Hyde Newton 6 Hyde Werneth 1 Stalybridge North 3 Stalybridge South 2

12 SOAs in worst 25% (but not worst 20%) nationally

Old Wards New Wards District Assemblies Ashton Hurst 2 Ashton Hurst 2 Ashton 5 Ashton St Michaels 1 Ashton St Michaels 1 Denton & Audenshaw 3 Ashton St Peters 1 St Peters 1 Droylsden 1 Ashton Waterloo 1 Ashton Waterloo 1 Hyde 1 Denton North East 1 Denton South 1 Mossley & NE Stalybridge 1 Denton South 1 Denton West 1 Stalybridge 1 Denton West 1 Denton NE / Denton South / Denton West Droylsden West 1 split 1 Hyde Godley 1 Droylsden West 1 Mossley 1 Hyde Godley 1 Stalybridge North 1 Mossley 1 Stalybridge North 1

The map below identifies the most disadvantaged SOAs and the priority neighbourhoods for Tameside.

8 Index of Multiple Deprivation 2004 Not in worst 50% Worst 50% Worst 25% Micklehurst Worst 10% Worst 5% Smallshaw

Droylsden East Ridge Hill Ashton

Copley

Priority Newton Neighbourhoods

Worst 5% Income Index

Worst 5% Employment Index Worst 5% Health Index Denton Hattersley Worst 5% Education Index South

Child Poverty Index

In 2000 the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister also produced a sub-set of the multiple index of deprivation for child poverty.

This shows the following ranked3 data table by ward with the four areas colour coded:

Child Child Index of Index of Poverty Poverty Multiple Multiple Index Index Deprivation Deprivation Score Rank Score Rank Ashton St. Peters' 55.45 641 58.05 306 Hyde Godley 54.06 724 52.92 467 Denton South 50.53 951 41.47 1023 Longdendale 47.26 1185 42.55 960 Ashton Hurst 44.82 1406 37.33 1312 Hyde Newton 44.41 1436 39.83 1131 Stalybridge North 43.73 1502 35.54 1448 Ashton St. Michael's 43.65 1513 40.54 1084

3 The colour coding refers to the 4 areas within Tameside:

Green: Denton, Droylsden & Audenshaw Red: Ashton Blue: Hyde, Hattersley & Longdendale Yellow: Stalybridge, Mossley & Dukinfield

9 Hyde Werneth 39.9 1846 27.42 2296 Tameside 39.65 35.33 Dukinfield 38.69 1953 33.94 1584 Stalybridge South 38.34 1992 25.48 2583 Ashton Waterloo 36.87 2161 33.03 1670 Droylsden East 35.82 2295 32.09 1767 Denton North East 35.77 2299 28.97 2131 Droylsden West 33.82 2514 34.11 1567 Mossley 32.67 2645 29.56 2037 Audenshaw 29.15 3110 27.76 2252 Dukinfield Stalybridge 27.83 3310 29.71 2019 Denton West 20.51 4571 21.02 3366

Children in families receiving workless benefits

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation4 has recently produced (2006) a composite study of children living in families receiving workless benefits (i.e. Income Support, Job Seekers Allowance, Incapacity Benefit, Severe Disablement Allowance or Pension Credit) based on 2005 data. This is a very useful and the most recently available proxy indicator of children who may be living in poverty.

The national average percentage of children age 0-15 who are dependent of workless benefits is 21%; in Tameside the average is 23.39%. Across Tameside wards the number and percentage of children 0- 15 when ranked (most children first) shows the following pattern5:

Children dependent on Children receiving % 0-15 dependent on Ward Name workless benefits - Child Benefit 0-15 workless benefits April Aged 0-15 April 2005 April 2005 2005

Ashton St. Peters' 865 2355 36.73% Longdendale 565 1885 29.97% Hyde Newton 770 2600 29.62% Hyde Godley 735 2530 29.05% Denton South 595 2080 28.61% Ashton Hurst 740 2605 28.41% Ashton St. Michael's 640 2320 27.59% Stalybridge North 675 2495 27.05% Dukinfield 650 2700 24.07% Tameside 10,370 44,000 23.39% Ashton Waterloo 500 2240 22.32% Droylsden West 485 2310 21.00% Stalybridge South 450 2260 19.91% Droylsden East 465 2500 18.60%

4 http://www.jrf.org.uk/

10 Audenshaw 465 2510 18.53% Denton North East 455 2460 18.50% Hyde Werneth 430 2395 17.95% Mossley 315 1825 17.26% Dukinfield Stalybridge 300 1855 16.17% Denton West 270 2075 13.01%

This data is reproduced on a graph on the next page.

If this data is aggregated across the 4 areas it shows the following ranked pattern

Ashton (4 wards) 2745 Denton, Droylsden & Audenshaw (6 wards) 2735 Hyde, Hattersley & Longdendale (4 wards) 2500 Stalybridge, Mossley & Dukinfield (5 wards) 2390

The data does signify greater concentrations of poverty in particular areas.

This is evidenced better in the table below when we divide the area totals above by the number of wards in each area and rank this (most children first) accordingly:

Number of children Area dependent on benefits per ward in the area Ashton 684 Hyde, Hattersley & Longdendale 686 Stalybridge, Mossley & Dukinfield 500 Denton, Droylsden & Audenshaw 398

This index, although not the only index available, probably represents the best distribution of relative disadvantage and poverty amongst children across the four areas.

11 % 0-15 dependent on receiving workless benefits April 2005 Tameside

40.00% 35.00% 30.00% 25.00%

% 20.00% 15.00% 10.00% 5.00% 0.00%

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Ward Profiles

Tameside ward profiles based on 2001 census data are available at http://www.tameside.gov.uk/census/wardprofiles/wardsnap.htm 6. Selective headline data with more of a focus on children is reproduced here.

Ashton Hurst profile

1: Population data

Key age groups

Pre-school Children (0-3) : 599

Primary School Children (4-10) : 1194

Secondary School Children (11-15) : 915

Young Adults (16-19) : 649

People of Working Age (16-59 [F]/64[M]) : 7113

Older People (60+[F]/65+[M]) : 1925

Source : Table CS001

2: Household Composition

Household Size

There were 4603 households in Ashton Hurst in 2001, of average size 2.5 (Tameside average 2.35). 1115 of these households were single person households (Source: Table KS19)

A ‘dependent child’ is defined as a person in a household aged 0-15, or a full-time student aged 16-18 in a family with parent(s).

There are 1688 households with dependent children in Ashton Hurst, i.e. 36.7% of households in the ward (Tameside average 31.7%). Each such household has an average of 1.8 dependent children (Tameside 1.8). (Source: Tables KS020 & UV006)

6 Each ward profile has data on: p1 age structure of population; p2 ethnic profile of population; country of birth; p3 religion; marital status; living arrangements; p4 household size; pensioner households; households with children; lone parent households; children in households with no adult in employment; p5 tenure vacant / second homes; property size & type amenities; car ownership; p6 limiting long term illness; general health; carers p7 economic activity; unemployment; p8 qualifications; students; occupational group

13 Lone Parent Households

There are 473 lone parent households with dependent children in Ashton Hurst. This constitutes 28.0% of all households with dependent children (Tameside average 26.4%), and accounts for 29.7% of dependent children in the ward (Tameside 27.6%). 89.9% of these households are headed by a female lone parent. Source: Tables KS022 & CT001.

Children in Households with No Adult in Employment

710 dependent children in Ashton Hurst live in households with no adult in employment. This equates to 23.2% of dependent children (Tameside average 19.5%). Source: Table CT001.

3. Housing

Tenure

Tenure Ashton Hurst Tameside

No. % % Comments

Owner 3102 67.4% 68.7% Includes shared ownership occupied

Social rented 1192 25.9% 21.6% Split into ‘Council’ and ‘Registered Social Landlord’, but some former Tameside tenants may have ticked ‘Council’ box. Private rented 139 3.0% 6.4% Rented from private landlord or letting agency. No furnished/unfurnished split. Other rented 170 3.7% 3.3% Rented from employer, relative or friend, or ‘living rent free’ (though there is some concern that this may have been ticked by tenants receiving Housing Benefit)

Source: Table KS18

4. Health

Limiting Long-Term Illness and General Health Combined

The LLTI and ‘Not Good’ General Health figures cannot simply be added together, as the same people may have been suffering from both. The total number of people in Ashton Hurst with LLTI and/or ‘Not Good’ General Health is 2659, or 22.6% of the population (Tameside average 22.5%).

5. Unemployment

As a percentage of all economically active 16-59/64 year olds, the Ashton Hurst rate from the 2001 Census is 5.5% (Tameside average 4.9%). Source: Table CS028

Out of all unemployed people aged 16-74 in Ashton Hurst in April 2001, 10.0% had never worked and 32.1% had not worked since 1999 (Tameside average 8.0% and 28.5%). Source: Table KS09

6. Education

Qualifications

In Tameside as a whole, only 11.4% of 16-74 year olds have a degree (or NVQ Level 4/5), which puts the borough in 350th place out of 376 authorities nationwide. The percentage of graduates in Ashton Hurst is 13.0%

Students

Ashton Hurst had 275 full-time students or schoolchildren aged 16-17 and 229 aged 18-74 living there in term-time. Another 120 pupils or students from Ashton Hurst were counted at their term-time address elsewhere. Source: Tables KS13 & KS01

7. Occupation

Occupational Group

15 The top three categories of the new occupational classification are ‘Managers & Senior Officials’,’ Professionals’ and ‘Associate Professional & Technical’ (hatched at top of graph on right). Tameside as a whole comes 350th out of 376 in the country for ‘Professionals’, and bottom in Greater Manchester for all three categories combined. The graph shows how Ashton Hurst compares.

Ashton Waterloo Profile

Key age groups

Pre-school Children (0-3) : 488

Primary School Children (4-10) : 1085

16 Secondary School Children (11-15) : 824

Young Adults (16-19) : 542

People of Working Age (16-59 [F]/64[M]) : 6691

Older People (60+[F]/65+[M]) : 2041

Source : Table CS001

2: Household Composition

Household Size

There were 4697 households in Ashton Waterloo in 2001, of average size 2.3 (Tameside average 2.35). 1473 of these households were single person households. Source: Table

A ‘dependent child’ is defined as a person in a household aged 0-15, or a full-time student aged 16-18 in a family with parent(s).

There are 1164 households with dependent children in Ashton Waterloo, i.e. 24.8% of households in the ward (Tameside average 31.7%). Each such household has an average of 1.7 dependent children (Tameside 1.8). Source: Tables KS020 & UV006

Lone Parent Households

There are 361 lone parent households with dependent children in Ashton Waterloo. This constitutes 24.0% of all households with dependent children (Tameside average 26.4%), and accounts for 25.5% of dependent children in the ward (Tameside 27.6%). 91.1% of these households are headed by a female lone parent. Source: Tables KS022 & CT001.

Children in Households with No Adult in Employment

460 dependent children in Ashton Waterloo live in households with no adult in employment. This equates to 17.3% of dependent children (Tameside average 19.5%). Source: Table CT001.

3. Housing

Tenure

Tenure Ashton Tameside Waterloo

No. % % Comments

Owner 3164 67.4% 68.7% Includes shared ownership occupied

17 Social rented 1102 23.5% 21.6% Split into ‘Council’ and ‘Registered Social Landlord’, but some former Tameside tenants may have ticked ‘Council’ box. Private rented 238 5.1% 6.4% Rented from private landlord or letting agency. No furnished/unfurnished split. Other rented 193 4.1% 3.3% Rented from employer, relative or friend, or ‘living rent free’ (though there is some concern that this may have been ticked by tenants receiving Housing Benefit)

4. Health

Limiting Long-Term Illness and General Health Combined

The LLTI and ‘Not Good’ General Health figures cannot simply be added together, as the same people may have been suffering from both. The total number of people in Ashton Waterloo with LLTI and/or ‘Not Good’ General Health is 2638, or 23.7% of the population (Tameside average 22.5%).

5. Unemployment

Age specific unemployment rates

As a percentage of all economically active 16-59/64 year olds, the Ashton Waterloo rate from the 2001 Census is 5.2% (Tameside average 4.9%). Source: Table CS028

Out of all unemployed people aged 16-74 in Ashton Waterloo in April 2001, 10.7% had never worked and 24.8% had not worked since 1999 (Tameside average 8.0% and 28.5%). Source: Table KS09

18 6. Education

Qualifications

Students

Ashton Waterloo had 224 fulltime students or schoolchildren aged 16-17 and 186 aged 18-74 living there in term-time. Another 72 pupils or students from Ashton Waterloo were counted at their term-time address elsewhere. Source: Tables KS13 & KS01

7. Occupation

Occupational Group

19 The top three categories of the new occupational classification are ‘Managers & Senior Officials’,’ Professionals’ and ‘Associate Professional & Technical’ (hatched at top of graph on right). Tameside as a whole comes 350th out of 376 in the country for ‘Professionals’, and bottom in Greater Manchester for all three categories combined. The graph shows how Ashton Waterloo compares.

Ashton St Michael Profile

1: Population data

Key age groups

Pre-school Children (0-3) : 564

Primary School Children (4-10) : 1024

Secondary School Children (11-15) : 729

Young Adults (16-19) : 528

People of Working Age (16-59 [F]/64[M]) : 6806

Older People (60+[F]/65+[M]) : 1922

Source : Table CS001

2: Household Composition

Household Size

There were 4732 households in Ashton St Michael 2001, of average size 2.3 (Tameside average 2.35). 1648 of these households were single person households.

A ‘dependent child’ is defined as a person in a household aged 0-15, or a full-time student aged 16-18 in a family with parent(s).

There are 1459 households with dependent children in Ashton St Michael, i.e. 30.8% of households in the ward (Tameside average 31.7%). Each such household has an average of 1.7 dependent children (Tameside 1.8). Source: Tables KS020 & UV006

Lone Parent Households

There are 404 lone parent households with dependent children in Ashton St Michael. This constitutes 27.7% of all households with dependent children (Tameside average 26.4%), and accounts for 30.0% of dependent children in the ward (Tameside 27.6%). 91.3% of these households are headed by a female lone parent. Source: Tables KS022 & CT001.

Children in Households with No Adult in Employment

20 545 dependent children in Ashton St Michael live in households with no adult in employment. This equates to 21.5% of dependent children (Tameside average 19.5%). Source: Table CT001.

3. Housing

Tenure

Tenure Ashton St Tameside Michael

No. % % Comments

Owner 3172 67.0% 68.7% Includes shared ownership occupied

Social rented 881 18.6% 21.6% Split into ‘Council’ and ‘Registered Social Landlord’, but some former Tameside tenants may have ticked ‘Council’ box. Private rented 462 9.8% 6.4% Rented from private landlord or letting agency. No furnished/unfurnished split. Other rented 217 4.6% 3.3% Rented from employer, relative or friend, or ‘living rent free’ (though there is some concern that this may have been ticked by tenants receiving Housing Benefit)

4. Health

Limiting Long-Term Illness and General Health Combined

5. Unemployment

Age specific unemployment rates

Overall Rate As a percentage of all economically active 16-59/64 year olds, the Ashton St Michael rate from the 2001 Census is 5.6% (Tameside average 4.9%). Source: Table CS028

Out of all unemployed people aged 16-74 in Ashton St Michael in April 2001, 6.3% had never worked and 27.7% had not worked since 1999 (Tameside average 8.0% and 28.5%). Source: Table KS09

6. Education

Qualifications

Students

Ashton St Michael North had 184 full-time students or schoolchildren aged 16-17 and 213 aged 18-74 living there in term-time. Another 58 pupils or students from Ashton St Michael were counted at their term-time address elsewhere. Source: Tables KS13 & KS01

7. Occupation

Occupational Group

The top three categories of the new occupational classification are ‘Managers & Senior Officials’,‘ Professionals’ and ‘Associate Professional & Technical’ (hatched at top of graph on right). Tameside as a whole comes 350th out of 376 in the country for ‘Professionals’, and bottom in Greater Manchester for all three categories combined. The graph shows how Ashton St Michael compares

Ashton St Peter

1: Population data

Key age groups

Pre-school Children (0-3) : 660

23 Primary School Children (4-10) : 1084

Secondary School Children (11-15) : 717

Young Adults (16-19) : 569

People of Working Age (16-59 [F]/64[M]) : 6940

Older People (60+[F]/65+[M]) : 1752

Source : Table CS001

2: Household Composition

Household Size

There were 5059 households in Ashton St Peters in 2001, of average size 2.2 (Tameside average 2.35). Source: Table KS19

A ‘dependent child’ is defined as a person in a household aged 0-15, or a full-time student aged 16-18 in a family with parent(s).

There are 1429 households with dependent children in Ashton St Peters, i.e. 28.3% of households in the ward (Tameside average 31.7%). Each such household has an average of 1.9 dependent children (Tameside 1.8). Source: Table CS051

Lone Parent Households

There are 481 lone parent households with dependent children in Ashton St Peters. This constitutes 33.7% of all households with dependent children (Tameside average 26.4%), and accounts for 31.7% of dependent children in the ward (Tameside 27.6%). 93.3% of these households are headed by a female lone parent. Source: Tables KS022 & CT001.

Children in Households with No Adult in Employment

765 dependent children in Ashton St Peters live in households with no adult in employment. This equates to 28.5% of dependent children (Tameside average 19.5%). Source: Table CT001.

3. Housing

Tenure

Tenure Ashton St Tameside Peters

No. % % Comments

Owner 2434 48.1% 68.7% Includes shared ownership occupied

24 Social rented 1731 34.2% 21.6% Split into ‘Council’ and ‘Registered Social Landlord’, but some former Tameside tenants may have ticked ‘Council’ box. Private rented 655 12.9% 6.4% Rented from private landlord or letting agency. No furnished/unfurnished split. Other rented 238 4.7% 3.3% Rented from employer, relative or friend, or ‘living rent free’ (though there is some concern that this may have been ticked by tenants receiving Housing Benefit)

4. Health

Limiting Long-Term Illness and General Health Combined

5. Unemployment

Age specific unemployment rates

As a percentage of all economically active 16-59/64 year olds, the Ashton St Peters rate from the 2001 Census is 8.8% (Tameside average 4.9%). Source: Table CS028

Out of all unemployed people aged 16-74 in Ashton St Peters in April 2001, 8.6% had never worked and 28.7% (the lowest rate in Tameside) had not worked since 1999 (Tameside average 8.0% and 28.5%). Source: Table KS09

25 6. Education

Qualifications

Students

Ashton St Peters had 194 full-time students or schoolchildren aged 16-17 and 241 aged 18-74 living there in term-time. Another 64 pupils or students from Ashton St Peters were counted at their term time address elsewhere. Source: Tables KS13 & KS01

7. Occupation

Occupational Group

26 The top three categories of the new occupational classification are ‘Managers & Senior Officials’,’ Professionals’ and ‘Associate Professional & Technical’ (hatched at top of graph on right). Tameside as a whole comes 350th out of 376 in the country for ‘Professionals’, and bottom in Greater Manchester for all three categories combined. The graph shows how Ashton St Peters compares.

http://www.tameside.gov.uk/census/wardprofiles/wardsnap.htm)

Ashton St Peters is one of the most disadvantaged communities in Tameside where issues related to health, unemployment, low educational attainment and crime are disproportionately higher than elsewhere in the Borough. The Regeneration Programme in each neighbourhood is overseen by a multi-agency Partnership Board with strong resident involvement. 7

Issues and resources relating to children and young people feature in both these programme’s planning.

7 Council lead contacts are Sarah Kew ([email protected]) for Denton South and Caroline Wilkinson for Droylsden East ([email protected])

27 Part 2: Service Profile

Introduction

School and childcare data

Nursery Education and childcare

Nursery education (for 3 and 4 year olds for 2.5 hours a day for 39 weeks of the year) is provided free of charge at the following playgroups and day nurseries. Additional chargeable childcare (day care) for children is provided at 7 day nurseries in the area8.

Playgroups and Pre-Schools Happy Hedgehogs Pre-School, Waterloo Methodist , Vale St, Ashton under Lyne Curzon Rd Playgroup, Hurst Methodist Church, Curzon Road, Stanhope St, Ashton under Lyne OL6 9QZ

Day Nurseries Clockwork Day Nursery, Old Parochial C of E Primary School, Queen St, Ashton under Lyne OL6 6NW Hopscotch Day Nursery, 48-50 Stamford St East, Ashton under Lyne OL6 6QH Tameside College Pre-School, Beaufort Rd, Ashton under Lyne OL6 6NX(for staff & Students only) Abacus Day Nursery, 44 Neal Avenue, Ashton-under-Lyne OL6 6PB Charlestown Day Nursery, Turner Lane, Ashton-under-Lyne OL6 8LW Children 4 Most Day Nursery, Portland Centre, 210 Portland St North, Ashton-under- Lyne OL 6 7HT Grafton House Pre-School, 1 Warrington Street, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 6XB Rosebuds Nursery, Surestart Ashton, Rosehill Centre, Rosehill Road, Ashton under Lyne, OL6 8YG Thorncliffe House Day Nursery, 10 Taunton Road, Ashton under Lyne OL7 9DR

Primary Schools

The area has 15 Primary Schools9. 8 of these schools also provide the free entitlement for nursery education (for 3 and 4 year olds for 2.5 hours a day for 39 weeks of the year). Schools with a nursery class are indicated with a *.

Ashton Broadoak Primary School, Norman Rd, Ashton under Lyne, OL6 8QG Canon Burrows, C of E Primary School, Oldham Road, Ashton under Lyne OL7 9ND

8 Links provided where these exist. School links generally provide data or links to the relevant Ofsted reports, Performance Indicators and Statistics. See http://www.tameside.gov.uk/surestart/nurseduc.htm for Tameside list of providers of nursery education. See also Ofsted web site.

28 Canon Johnson, C of E Primary School, Elgin Street, Ashton under Lyne OL7 9DD Holden Clough Community Primary School, St Albans Avenue, Ashton under Lyne OL6 8XN Holy Trinity C of E Primary School, Kenyon Street, Ashton under Lyne OL6 7DU Hurst Knoll St James C of E Primary School, Ladbrooke Road, Ashton under Lyne OL6 8JS Our Lady of Mount Carmel Roman Catholic Primary School, Holden St, Ashton under Lyne OL6 6NN Rosehill Methodist Community Primary School, Rosehill road, Ashton under Lyne OL6 8YG St Christopher’s Roman Catholic Primary School, St Christopher’s Road, Ashton under Lyne OL6 9DP St James’ Church of England Primary School, Romney St, Ashton under Lyne OL6 9HU St Peter’s Church of England Primary School, Oxford Street, Ashton under Lyne OL7 0NB The Heys Primary School, Whiteacre Road, Ashton under Lyne OL6 9NS Waterloo Primary School, Worthington Street, Ashton under Lyne OL7 9NA West End Primary School, William Street, Ashton under Lyne OL7 0BJ

Secondary Schools

There are 3 Secondary schools10

Ashton Hartshead High School, Greenhurst Rd, Ashton under Lyne OL6 9DX Stamford Community High School, Mossley Road, Ashton under Lyne OL6 9SD St Damian’s Roman Catholic High School, Lees Road, Ashton under Lyne OL6 8BH

Area No. of % No. of % secondary primary schools schools

Denton, Droylsden & Audenshaw 7 38.9 21 28

Ashton 3 16.7 15 20

Stalybridge, Mossley & Dukinfield 5 27.8 23 30.7

Hyde, Hattersley & Longdendale 3 16.7 16 20.3

All 18 100 75 100

10 These are clickable links that will take you school web-sites, relevant Ofsted reports, Performance Indicators and Statistics.

29 Children’s Centre services

A Children's Centres service specification alongside a core service specification for health services at Children's Centres can be found at http://www.tameside.gov.uk/surestart/childcentres.htm#3. The actual range of services available at a Children's Centre may vary.

The area has 2 children centres serving the local communities based at:

Ashton SureStart Ashton Children's Centre, Rosehill Centre, Rosehill Road, Ashton under Lyne OL6 8YG

Ashton SureStart Children's Centre St Peters, Katherine House, Ashton under Lyne

Ashton SureStart Children’s Centre, Store Street, Waterloo, Ashton under Lyne

Childcare provision

The Council produces each year an assessment of childcare need and sufficiency. The last (2006) assessment is available at The First Assessment of Childcare Need and Sufficiency - Spring 2006. Data is also available by each area. Summary data11 shows the current position for Ashton as:

Number of Total Proposed settings (application in with settings places Ofsted) Childcare Settings Day Nurseries* 10 656 0 Out of School Clubs 15 506 2 Childminders 53 254 7 Totals 78 1,416 9 Other Registered Settings Playgroups/Pre-Schools 2 34 0 Crèche’s 4 63 0 Totals 6 97 0

LEA Settings Number of Number of Pupils attending (PLASC 2004) classes places Nursery Classes 15 558 518 Unregistered Settings Parent & Toddler Groups 9 n/a

11 The First Assessment of Childcare Need and Sufficiency - Spring 2006. page 18 to 22

30 * one private day nursery has since closed since this information was produced.

The childcare summary for Denton, Droylsden & Audenshaw offers the following observations:

A. Childminders

There are 53 registered childminders within the 4 wards in this area, however at the time of data collection 4 childminders were due to retire, 1 was on maternity leave, 3 were not currently childminding, 1 is no longer minding, 1 only cares for children referred by the PCT and 1 did not respond to this questionnaire.

Revised figures to reflect this reduction are:

Revised childminder places and vacancy percentages 2006 Figures Revised Figures Total Number of Childminders 53 42 Total 0-5 places 139 111 Total 5-8 places 115 86 % of 0-5 FTE vacancies 28% 35% % of 5-8 FTE vacancies 27% 37%

Of the 106 children currently attending childminders in this area, 79% are from the local area. 3 of the wards have a higher percentage of vacancies in the 5-8 age group while 1 has a higher percentage of 0-5 vacancies. One of the wards has 5 registered childminders, which is one of the lowest in the borough, however the percentage of vacant places currently stands at 40% for 0-5 places and 54% for 5-8 places.

B. Day Nurseries

60% of children attending reside in the 4 wards . This figure is 12%-14% lower than the 3 other areas. This could be because parents have chosen care near their workplace rather than their home address. A further 28% of children are residents of Tameside outside of the 4 wards and 6% of children travel from outside the borough.

All 4 wards in this area have day nursery provision, 2 wards both have 4 settings and the other 2 both have 1 setting.

Consistent with all areas of Tameside, the majority of vacancies are for children aged 3-5 years. This area has the highest percentage of vacant places in full-day care settings in comparison with the other 3 areas, with 2 of the wards having over 40% of places available.

C. Playgroups/Pre-School

There are 2 Playgroup/Pre-School settings in this area, with 2 wards having no provision. Both the settings offer morning sessions only. 1 of the groups can not offer afternoon sessions due to facilities within the premises.

31 14% of places are vacant at the current time although this equates to 5 full time places ( 5 sessions), all vacant places are for 1 setting as at the other group the majority of places are full and they are not able to offer 5 sessions.

Of the children currently accessing Playgroups/Pre-Schools in the area 65% are from the 4 wards, of this figure over 58% are from 1 of the wards. There are no children currently travelling fro outside the borough to access Playgroups/Pre-/Schools in the area.

There are currently 25 children on waiting lists for Playgroups/Pre-Schools. All of these are for the same setting, which is currently not able to offer any full time vacancies.

D. Out of School Clubs

There are 15 Primary Schools in this area with 14 of them having access to some of Out of School Care.

Of the 14 having access to care, 9 schools have access to a club not located on school premises whilst 5 schools have care available on the school site. Only 1 school in this area does not currently have access to out of school care provided by a club.

All 4 wards in this area have holiday club provision available, with approximately 26% of places vacant which equates to 90 full-time places, however many of the clubs operate a first come first served policy for holidays so it can be difficult to obtain an accurate figure for vacancies during term-time.

78% of children using out of school care are from the 4 wards. 6% of children travel from outside Tameside to access out of school in this area.

This document also contains the executive summary from the annual assessment of the parental demand for childcare. The full document can be found at The First Assessment of Childcare Need and Sufficiency - Spring 2006.

Section 2: Additional services

By additional services we mean those services provided to children who require additional support. These include services at levels 2, 3, 4 and 5 on the Tameside children need framework12.

This section does not include centrally organised services such as CAMHS, Inclusive Services and hospital services to children.

Education Welfare services

A description of the Education Welfare services can be found at:

http://www.tameside.gov.uk/edugen/new/services/welserv.htm

Social Care services

• Assessment and Care Management

A description of Children’s Social Care service – Assessment and Care Management - can be found at:

12 http://www.tameside.gov.uk/cypp/framework.pdf

32 http://www.tameside.gov.uk/tmbc2/socialservices.htm

• Family Support

A description of Children’s Social Care service – Family Support - can be found at:

http://www.tameside.gov.uk/tmbc2/family_supp.htm

Connexions

A description of the Connexions Services can be found at

http://www.connexions-tameside.com/partners/What-is-Connexions.cfm

Youth Offending services

A description of the Youth Offending Team can be found at

http://www.tameside.gov.uk/yot

PCT Health services

A description of the range of services provided by the Primary Care Trust can be found at

http://www.tamesideandglossop.nhs.uk/

Youth provision

A description of the Tameside Youth Services can be found at

http://www.tameside.gov.uk/youthservices

Appendix 1: Selected population data for Ashton Wards by Area13

Total Children Children Children Children Boys Girls Gender Total Families Families Families Number Aged Aged 5- Aged Aged Not Number with with with of Under 5 10 11-15 16-19 Specified of One Two Three or Children Families Child Children More Claiming Children Benefit

Ashton 2,945 735 925 905 375 1,530 1395 5 1,665 780 595 290 Hurst

Ashton 2,545 710 825 715 295 1,305 1235 5 1,510 770 530 210 St. Michael's

Ashton 2,595 815 835 680 270 1,315 1275 10 1,375 635 425 315 St. Peters'

Ashton 2,495 570 825 790 320 1,260 1230 5 1,455 705 540 220 Waterloo

Total 10,580 2,830 3,410 3,090 1,260 5,410 5,135 25 6,005 2,890 2,090 1,035

13 See http://www.statistics.gov.uk based on child benefit claim data August 2005.

34 Appendix 2: Selected comparison tables

This section merely reproduces the data above to enable quick comparisons across the Ashton area.

Population Ashton St Michaels Ashton St Peters Ashton Waterloo Ashton Hurst Pre-school Children (0-3) : 564 660 488 599 Primary School Children (4-10) : 1024 1084 1085 1194 Secondary School Children (11-15) : 729 717 824 915 Young Adults (16-19) : 528 569 542 649 People of Working Age (16-59 [F]/64[M]) : 6806 6940 6691 7113 Older People (60+[F]/65+[M]) : 1922 1752 2041 1925

Household composition Ashton St Michaels Ashton St Peters Ashton Waterloo Ashton Hurst Number of households 4732 5059 4697 4603 Average size 2.3 2.2 2.3 2.5 Households with dependant children 1459 1429 1164 1688 Children per household 1.7 1.9 1.7 1.8 Lone parent households 404 481 361 473 Children in household with no adult in 545 765 460 710 employment

Housing tenure Ashton St Michaels Ashton St Peters Ashton Waterloo Ashton Hurst Owner occupied 3172 2434 3164 3102 Social rented 881 1731 1102 1192 Private rented 462 655 238 139 Other rented 217 238 193 170

Unemployment Ashton St Michaels Ashton St Peters Ashton Waterloo Ashton Hurst % all unemployed 5.6% 8.8% 5.2% 5.5%

Qualifications Ashton St Michaels Ashton St Peters Ashton Waterloo Ashton Hurst

% with degree or NVQ level 4/5 13.2% 9.9% 11.1% 13%