The Duchess's Community High School
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Score
D46
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Alnwick, NE66 2DH
- Distance
- 10.3km away
James Calvert Spence College
Acklington Road, Amble, Morpeth, NE65 0NG
Local ranking20th of 27 secondary schools in Northumberland
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1049
Capacity
11-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 34.9 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 23.5% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 38.8% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 8.2% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.0 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 85
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Continued in education
- 81.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 7.0%
- Employment
- 7.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 80.0%
- Higher education
- 52.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 16.0%
- Employment
- 12.0%
- Not sustained
- 16.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25D+
Avg A-Level Grade
23.7
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
27.3
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
18
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 0.0% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 24.3
- 16-18 Cohort
- 68
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 636
- Boys
- 335 (53%)
- Girls
- 301 (47%)
- Capacity
- 1049 (61% full)
- SEND
- 19.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 34.7%
- EAL
- 2.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.7%
- SEN Support
- 16.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 14.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 42.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,013/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 31.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 95.5%
- Mixed Other: 1.1%
- White Other: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.6%
- Asian Chinese: 0.5%
- Other: 0.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.3%
- Asian Indian: 0.3%
95.5%
White British
1.1%
Mixed Other
0.8%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 122363
- UKPRN
- 10001685
- Establishment No.
- 4439
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