NCEA Duke's Secondary School
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Score
F31
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Ashington, NE63 9FZ
- Distance
- 2.1km away
Ashington Academy
Green Lane, Ashington, NE63 8DH
Local ranking2nd of 27 secondary schools in Northumberland
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1250
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 47.1 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 49.3% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 68.0% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 71.3% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.3 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 150
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 81.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 9.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 98.0%
- Higher education
- 55.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 22.0%
- Employment
- 19.0%
- Not sustained
- 2.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25B-
Avg A-Level Grade
35.7
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
35.8
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
34
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 26.1% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 31.6
- 16-18 Cohort
- 86
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 966
- Boys
- 483 (50%)
- Girls
- 483 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1250 (77% full)
- SEND
- 19.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 35.5%
- EAL
- 2.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.9%
- SEN Support
- 17.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 61.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,435/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 21.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 93.7%
- White Other: 1.0%
- Black African: 1.0%
- Asian Pakistani: 0.6%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.5%
- Other: 0.5%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.4%
- Asian Indian: 0.4%
93.7%
White British
1.0%
White Other
1.0%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Green Lane
Ashington, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 144601
- UKPRN
- 10064774
- Establishment No.
- 4005
- Trust
- NORTH EAST LEARNING TRUST
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