The Duchess's Community High School
Taylor Drive, Alnwick, NE66 2DH
Local ranking26th of 27 secondary schools in Northumberland
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Secondary
Phase
1651
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 43.2 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 37.5% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 62.5% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 15.0% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.6 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 253
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Continued in education
- 79.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 6.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 80.0%
- Higher education
- 41.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 33.0%
- Not sustained
- 17.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C+
Avg A-Level Grade
31.8
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
33.3
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
84
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 14.3% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 26.8
- 16-18 Cohort
- 241
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1341
- Boys
- 672 (50%)
- Girls
- 669 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1651 (81% full)
- SEND
- 17.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 18.4%
- EAL
- 2.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.9%
- SEN Support
- 13.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 14.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 91.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,338/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 29.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- 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: 92.5%
- White Other: 2.7%
- Other: 2.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.6%
- Mixed Other: 0.4%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.3%
- Black Caribbean: 0.3%
- Asian Other: 0.1%
92.5%
White British
2.7%
White Other
2.7%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 150196
- UKPRN
- 10093472
- Establishment No.
- 4438
- Trust
- PELE TRUST