NCEA Duke's Secondary School
Academy Road, Ashington, NE63 9FZ
Local ranking27th of 27 secondary schools in Northumberland
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Secondary
Phase
1150
Capacity
11-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 32.0 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 20.7% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 41.5% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 11.2% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 2.5 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 188
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 89.0%
- Continued in education
- 72.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 11.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 80.0%
- Higher education
- 27.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 16.0%
- Employment
- 27.0%
- Not sustained
- 16.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C-
Avg A-Level Grade
26.3
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
33.3
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
19
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 0.0% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 28.9
- 16-18 Cohort
- 84
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1045
- Boys
- 494 (47%)
- Girls
- 551 (53%)
- Capacity
- 1150 (91% full)
- SEND
- 24.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 49.8%
- EAL
- 3.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 5.8%
- SEN Support
- 18.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 68.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,972/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 13.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 39.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 95.8%
- White Other: 0.5%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.5%
- Asian Other: 0.5%
- Black African: 0.5%
- Other: 0.5%
- Asian Indian: 0.4%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.2%
95.8%
White British
0.5%
White Other
0.5%
Mixed White & Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 135886
- UKPRN
- 10027549
- Establishment No.
- 6906
- Trust
- NORTHUMBERLAND CHURCH OF ENGLAND ACADEMY TRUST