Good
Compared only with metropolitan district councils using central government returns.
North West · Metropolitan district
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council · ONS E08000008
Financial position as at 2026/27 Q1 quarter end
Compared only with metropolitan district councils using central government returns.
Official annual outturn. Each line uses its own scale so direction remains easy to read.
Official DfT condition data, showing the share of each road class requiring maintenance investigation.
Official Defra measures for Tameside Council, with like-for-like comparison against collection authorities.
Schools, pupil numbers and latest education outcomes across Tameside Council.
Published outcomes for pupils living in Tameside Council.
Latest published Progress 8 score, 2023/24.
A score of 0 represents the national average.Tameside Council's latest Key Stage 4 outcomes are below both North West and England benchmarks across all three headline measures.
House prices and affordability for Tameside Council, based on the earnings of local residents.
Typical private rental cost across all property types in Tameside Council.
Median house price as a multiple of median resident earnings. Lower is more affordable.
Quarterly planning decisions and the government's latest three-year Housing Delivery Test.
2.2 percentage points lower than 2025 Q4
Latest police-recorded crime figures for Tameside Council, excluding fraud.
Tameside Council has a recorded crime rate 7.9% above North West. It is 15.6% above the England rate.
Open schools, pupil numbers and the latest published Ofsted inspection position for Tameside Council.
These ratings apply only to schools whose latest full inspection remains under the previous Ofsted framework. Schools assessed under the renewed framework are shown separately above.
| School | Phase | Pupils | Capacity | Latest Ofsted position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aldwyn Primary School URN 149874 · M34 5SF | Primary | 418 | 459 | Ungraded inspection |
| Arlies Primary School URN 106190 · SK15 1HQ | Primary | 178 | 266 | Ungraded inspection |
| Arundale Primary School URN 148687 · SK14 6PW | Primary | 203 | 210 | Ungraded inspection |
| Ashton West End Primary Academy URN 141759 · OL7 0BJ | Primary | 432 | 440 | Ungraded inspection |
| Audenshaw Primary School URN 106203 · M34 5NG | Primary | 209 | 210 | Renewed framework |
| Bradley Green Primary Academy URN 143376 · SK14 4NA | Primary | 215 | 240 | Ungraded inspection |
| Broadbent Fold Primary School and Nursery URN 106193 · SK16 5DP | Primary | 217 | 210 | Ungraded inspection |
| Broadbottom Church of England Primary School URN 152203 · SK14 6BB | Primary | — | 120 | Good |
Tameside Council's population grew over five years. Its change was 0.9 percentage points below the North West and broadly in line with England.
Life expectancy, early mortality, lifestyle and prevention measures from the Public Health Outcomes Framework.
Latest published life expectancy at birth, shown against the matching England figure.
Healthy life expectancy is considerably different from total life expectancy: it estimates how many years are expected to be lived in good health.
Age-standardised mortality rates and the latest published suicide rate.
Smoking, excess weight, physical activity and alcohol-related harm.
Child health, physical activity, vaccination and screening coverage.
Selected wider indicators that help describe health and wellbeing across the area.
People receiving Universal Credit and how the caseload has changed over the latest 24 months.
Comparison using 2024 resident population estimates.
Monthly caseload recorded on the DWP Universal Credit system.
Universal Credit provides financial support to people who are on a low income or out of work. These figures count people receiving Universal Credit, not households and not the number of people who are unemployed.
Long-term particulate pollution across the council area, alongside measurements from local UK-AIR monitoring stations.
PM2.5 · 2,024
This is a measurement from an individual monitoring station and should not be interpreted as the current concentration across the whole council area.
This OHID measure estimates the mortality burden associated with particulate air pollution. It is a health-impact measure, not a pollution concentration.
No party currently holds the 29 seats required for an overall majority.
Leader of the council administration.
Current licensed HMO register requested from publicprotection-es@tameside.gov.uk. No direct HMO expenditure was identifiable in the published Q1 2026/27 expenditure data. CouncilMetrics does not estimate HMO expenditure from broad housing or social-care descriptions.
Comparable official outturn for 2024/25, reported to central government.
Net current expenditure after service income.
Major financing lines in the central return.
General unallocated reserves during the year.
A point-in-time view of debt and liquid investments at the end of 2026/27 Q1.
2020/21 Q1 to 2026/27 Q1.
Net debt increased despite borrowing not rising because investments and cash fell during the quarter.
PWLB, other longer-term borrowing and short-term borrowing.
Council tax collection, outstanding arrears and write-offs reported to central government.
Breakdown of outstanding balances at the end of 2025/26.
29.1% of outstanding arrears
70.9% of outstanding arrears
Earlier-years arrears represent unpaid council tax carried forward from previous financial years. These figures do not identify individual households or establish whether balances are recoverable.
England average: 95.60% · 2.86 percentage points below England
Outstanding arrears include unpaid balances from earlier financial years and are not the same as council tax uncollected during 2025/26. Monetary values are rounded for display. Official MHCLG source
Matches the selected financial year · 2026/27 Q1 · year to date
| Contract | Supplier | Status | End date | Original value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children's and young people's Residential Placements | Not supplied | Active | 2028-03-31 | £1,110,000,000.00 |
| Children and Young People's Foster Care Placements FPS-Tameside | Not supplied | Active | 2028-04-04 | £1,100,000,000.00 |
| Pre-Placement Agreement For The Care Homes Contract In Tameside | Not supplied | Active | 2028-03-31 | £136,000,000.00 |
| Tameside - Support At Home Services | Various Suppliers | Active | 2029-05-31 | £73,000,000.00 |
| Tender for the Provision of a Drug & Alcohol Recovery Service | CGL | Active | 2031-03-31 | £34,490,000.00 |
| Supported Accommodation for adults with a Learning Disability - Lot 1 Area 4 | Creative Support Ltd | Active | 2032-03-31 | £20,157,260.00 |
| Supported Accommodation for adults with a Learning Disability - Lot 1 Area 1 | Lifeways Community Care (1) | Active | 2032-03-31 | £19,500,610.00 |
| Supply of Half-Hourly, Non Halfy and Streetlighting Electricity | Npower | Active | 2027-03-31 | £17,000,000.00 |
| Supported Accommodation for adults with a Learning Disability - Lot 1 Area 3 | Creative Support Ltd | Active | 2032-03-31 | £14,875,520.00 |
| Tameside Integrated Community Equipment Service Contract | Ross Auto Engineering Ltd T/a Ross Care | Active | 2029-09-30 | £13,290,960.00 |
| Supplier | Payments | Published expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| GREATER MANCHESTER COMBINED AUTHORITY | 7 | £6,136,665.00 |
| INSPIREDSPACES TAMESIDE (PROJECTCO2) LTD | 27 | £3,462,552.63 |
| Jigsaw Support | 15 | £2,080,035.76 |
| Inspired Spaces (ProjectCo1) LTD | 17 | £2,051,370.43 |
| PHOENIX SOFTWARE LTD | 10 | £1,690,644.11 |
| TAMESIDE AND GLOSSOP INTEGRATED CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | 17 | £1,566,149.49 |
| ACORN CARE & EDUCATION LTD (SALES) | 56 | £1,361,322.96 |
| Arthur J. Gallagher Insurance Brokers Limited | 12 | £1,233,416.71 |
| Change Grow Live | 9 | £1,175,193.90 |
| INSPIREDSPACES TAMESIDE LTD | 61 | £1,147,965.09 |
| Document | Dataset | Period | Status | Official source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Housing Delivery Test 2025 results — Tameside | mhclg housing delivery test | HDT 2025–HDT 2025 | imported | Open |
| MHCLG district planning application decisions (PS2) — Tameside | mhclg planning ps2 | 1979 Q2–2026 Q1 | imported | Open |
| MHCLG district planning application statistics (PS1) — Tameside | mhclg planning ps1 | 1996 Q2–2026 Q1 | imported | Open |
| DfT road condition statistics — Tameside | dft local road condition | 2007/08–2024/25 | imported | Open |
| Defra local authority waste statistics — Tameside MBC | defra local authority waste | 2010/11–2024/25 | imported | Open |
| MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2023/24 — Tameside | mhclg revenue outturn rsx | 2023/24 | imported | Open |
| MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2023/24 — Tameside | mhclg revenue outturn rs | 2023/24 | imported | Open |
| MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2022/23 — Tameside | mhclg revenue outturn rsx | 2022/23 | imported | Open |
| MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2022/23 — Tameside | mhclg revenue outturn rs | 2022/23 | imported | Open |
| MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2021/22 — Tameside | mhclg revenue outturn rsx | 2021/22 | imported | Open |
| MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2021/22 — Tameside | mhclg revenue outturn rs | 2021/22 | imported | Open |
| MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2020/21 — Tameside | mhclg revenue outturn rsx | 2020/21 | imported | Open |
| MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2020/21 — Tameside | mhclg revenue outturn rs | 2020/21 | imported | Open |
| MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2025/26 Q4 — Tameside | mhclg borrowing investment | 2025/26 Q4 | imported | Open |
| MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2025/26 Q3 — Tameside | mhclg borrowing investment | 2025/26 Q3 | imported | Open |
| MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2025/26 Q2 — Tameside | mhclg borrowing investment | 2025/26 Q2 | imported | Open |
| MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2025/26 Q1 — Tameside | mhclg borrowing investment | 2025/26 Q1 | imported | Open |
| MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2024/25 Q4 — Tameside | mhclg borrowing investment | 2024/25 Q4 | imported | Open |
| MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2024/25 Q3 — Tameside | mhclg borrowing investment | 2024/25 Q3 | imported | Open |
| MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2024/25 Q2 — Tameside | mhclg borrowing investment | 2024/25 Q2 | imported | Open |
| MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2024/25 Q1 — Tameside | mhclg borrowing investment | 2024/25 Q1 | imported | Open |
| MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2023/24 Q4 — Tameside | mhclg borrowing investment | 2023/24 Q4 | imported | Open |
| MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2023/24 Q3 — Tameside | mhclg borrowing investment | 2023/24 Q3 | imported | Open |
| MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2023/24 Q2 — Tameside | mhclg borrowing investment | 2023/24 Q2 | imported | Open |
| MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2023/24 Q1 — Tameside | mhclg borrowing investment | 2023/24 Q1 | imported | Open |
| MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2022/23 Q4 — Tameside | mhclg borrowing investment | 2022/23 Q4 | imported | Open |
| MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2022/23 Q3 — Tameside | mhclg borrowing investment | 2022/23 Q3 | imported | Open |
| MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2022/23 Q2 — Tameside | mhclg borrowing investment | 2022/23 Q2 | imported | Open |
| MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2022/23 Q1 — Tameside | mhclg borrowing investment | 2022/23 Q1 | imported | Open |
| MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2021/22 Q4 — Tameside | mhclg borrowing investment | 2021/22 Q4 | imported | Open |
| MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2021/22 Q3 — Tameside | mhclg borrowing investment | 2021/22 Q3 | imported | Open |
| MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2021/22 Q2 — Tameside | mhclg borrowing investment | 2021/22 Q2 | imported | Open |
| MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2021/22 Q1 — Tameside | mhclg borrowing investment | 2021/22 Q1 | imported | Open |
| MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2020/21 Q4 — Tameside | mhclg borrowing investment | 2020/21 Q4 | imported | Open |
| MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2020/21 Q3 — Tameside | mhclg borrowing investment | 2020/21 Q3 | imported | Open |
| MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2020/21 Q2 — Tameside | mhclg borrowing investment | 2020/21 Q2 | imported | Open |
| MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2020/21 Q1 — Tameside | mhclg borrowing investment | 2020/21 Q1 | imported | Open |
| MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2026/27 Q1 — Tameside | mhclg borrowing investment | 2026/27 Q1 | imported | Open |
| MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2024/25 — Tameside | mhclg revenue outturn rsx | 2024/25 | imported | Open |
| MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2024/25 — Tameside | mhclg revenue outturn rs | 2024/25 | imported | Open |
| Tameside Public Protection Enforcement Activity | hmo enforcement activity | 19 February to 21 June 2024 | imported | Open |
| Tameside Auditor's Annual Report 2024/25 | auditors annual report | 2024/25 | imported | Open |
| Tameside Our Budget Explained 2026/27 | budget summary | 2026/27 | imported | Open |
| Tameside MBC Revenue Budget 2024/25 | revenue budget | 2024/25 | imported | Open |
| Tameside Contracts Register – Q4 2025/26 | contracts register | 2025/26 Q4 | imported | Open |
| Tameside expenditure over £500 – Q1 2026/27 | expenditure over 500 | 2026/27 Q1 | imported | Open |
Budget summaries and financial positions retain the reporting year and assurance status of their original source. Draft or unaudited values are labelled separately from audited outturn figures. The Financial Health Score uses reserves cover, net debt per resident, liquidity and quarterly debt direction from central MHCLG returns. Each component is converted to a percentile among councils of the same authority type; available components are weighted 35%, 30%, 20% and 15% respectively. A score is published only when at least three components covering 65% of the weighting are available. It is a comparative financial indicator, not an assessment of service quality or political performance.