Denton Community College
Taylor Lane, Denton, Manchester, M34 3NG
This school is closed (it closed in December 2024).
It was replaced by Denton Community Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Donald Cumming
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Gorton and Denton
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 1,530
- Pupils on roll
- 1,368
- URN
- 135122
- Local authority
- Tameside
About this school
Denton Community College was a community secondary school in Manchester. It taught children aged 11 to 16 and had 1,368 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Denton Community College has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2010, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 268 | 254 | 266 |
| Attainment 8 score | 36.4 | 38.5 | 42.9 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.74 -0.91 to -0.57 | -0.33 -0.51 to -0.15 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 26% | 44.1% | 52.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 49% | 61.8% | 66.9% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 8% | 7.9% | 8.6% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Denton Community College has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Tameside average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 36.4 | 42.2 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 38.5 | 39.7 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 42.9 | 38.4 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 13.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 16.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,380 |
| 2023/24 | 1,368 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Denton Community College compares
Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 49% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 1% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 42.9 | 16.5% | 42.2% | 1,368 | — |
| Denton Community Academy | — | 15.8% | 42% | 1,107 | 0.2 miles |
| Audenshaw School | 45.5 | 5.5% | 33.4% | 1,077 | 0.4 miles |
| St Thomas More RC College | 44 | 6.5% | 27.7% | 797 | 0.8 miles |
| Wright Robinson College | 49.1 | 4.7% | 53.7% | 1,781 | 1.3 miles |
| Fairfield High School for Girls | 52.7 | 9.1% | 36.1% | 986 | 1.5 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 42.2%
- English as an additional language
- 10.8%
- Overall absence
- 16.5%
- Persistent absence
- 44.4%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Denton Community Academy0.2 miles
Secondary · Manchester
-
Audenshaw School0.4 miles
Secondary · Manchester
-
St Thomas More RC College0.8 miles
Secondary · Manchester
-
Wright Robinson College1.3 miles
Secondary · Manchester
-
Fairfield High School for Girls1.5 miles
Secondary · Manchester
Other schools in Manchester
- Audenshaw School Secondary
- Broadoak School Secondary
- Burnage Academy for Boys Secondary
- Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School Secondary
- Chorlton High School Secondary
- CHS South Secondary
- Co-op Academy Belle Vue Secondary
- Co-op Academy Failsworth Secondary
- Co-op Academy Manchester Secondary
- Co-op Academy North Manchester Secondary
- Co-op Academy Swinton Secondary
- Co-op Academy Walkden Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Denton Community College teach?
- Denton Community College taught children aged 11 to 16. It was a secondary school in Manchester.
- Has Denton Community College been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Denton Community College under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Denton Community College?
- Denton Community College had 1,368 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- How have Denton Community College's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 36.4 in 2022/23 and 42.9 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Denton Community College's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Denton Community College's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 31 December 2024.