Graded inspection · Dec 2022 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Tameside
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Inadequate | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Inadequate | |||
| Personal development | Inadequate | |||
| Leadership and management | Inadequate |
Inspection history
- 14 December 2022Graded inspection: Inadequate · as Denton Community College, URN 135122
- 3 November 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains Good · as Denton Community College, URN 135122
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry245 applications · 142 places offered · 92 named it first
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 1.7; Tameside median median 2.4
- 2024 1.5; Tameside median median 2.3; as the previous school
- 2023 1.8; Tameside median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2022 1.9; Tameside median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2021 1.7; Tameside median median 2.4; as the previous school
- 2020 2.0; Tameside median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2019 2.0; Tameside median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2018 2.1; Tameside median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2017 2.1; Tameside median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2016 1.9; Tameside median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2015 1.8; Tameside median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2014 1.9; Tameside median median 2.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Tameside median
Dashed bars: as Denton Community College (URN 135122), the previous school.
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 142 | 245 | 1.7 | 92 | 0.65 |
| Sep 2024 * | 215 | 323 | 1.5 | 136 | 0.63 |
| Sep 2023 * | 258 | 456 | 1.8 | 188 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2022 * | 237 | 441 | 1.9 | 180 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2021 * | 304 | 503 | 1.7 | 267 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2020 * | 259 | 517 | 2.0 | 225 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2019 * | 235 | 476 | 2.0 | 189 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2018 * | 269 | 557 | 2.1 | 245 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2017 * | 269 | 569 | 2.1 | 291 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2016 * | 264 | 492 | 1.9 | 223 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2015 * | 255 | 462 | 1.8 | 200 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2014 * | 229 | 428 | 1.9 | 165 | 0.72 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 283 | 46.1 | 57% | 73% | – |
| 2024/25 | – | ||||
| 2023/24 * | 254 | 38.5 | 44% | 62% | −0.33 |
| 2022/23 * | 268 | 36.4 | 26% | 49% | −0.74 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Denton Community AcademyThis schoolThis schoolSpecial measures Inadequate20221.7applications per place 46.1Attainment 8
- 0.9 km · TamesideGood20232.0applications per place 48.4Attainment 8
- 1.1 km · TamesideRemains Good20223.1applications per place 48.1Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · Manchester20262.5applications per place 52.2Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · TamesideGood20222.0applications per place 52.5Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · TamesideRequires improvement20232.0applications per place 39.8Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · StockportSpecial measures 20261.3applications per place 37.9Attainment 8
- 3.4 km · TamesideGraded · no overall grade20252.4applications per place 36.5Attainment 8
- 3.5 km · TamesideRemains Good20222.7applications per place 47.7Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 151485 · 357/4010
- Capacity
- 1,530 pupils · 1,107 on roll
- Free school meals
- 38.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 January 2025
- Replaced
- Denton Community College (URN 135122)
- Address
- Taylor Lane, Denton, Manchester, M34 3NG
- Local authority
- Tameside
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources