Denton Community Academy
Three in four Year 11 leavers stay in education, below the England rate; most to a further education college (52%).
of Year 11 leavers stayed in education · Tameside 83% · England 86% · DfE destination measures, pupils who left in 2023
- Ofsted
- Inadequate
- Places
- —
- Pupils
- 1,107
- Free school meals
- 38.4%
Ofsted: Full inspection, 14 December 2022 · report. Places: the last distance at which places were offered is not on file (it comes from Tameside’s allocation statistics). Pupils: of 1,530 places. Free school meals: pupils eligible, a measure of family income.
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Denton Community College (URN 135122, until 31 December 2024).
Where do pupils go at 16?
DfE Key Stage 4 destination measures · 268 pupils who left Year 11 in 2023
Denton Community Academy has no sixth form. Of the 268 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 19% moved to a sixth form college, 52% to a further education college and 7% started an apprenticeship.
Stayed in education — counted only if the pupil was still there for two terms of the next year; apprenticeships and jobs are counted the same way.
Full breakdown11
| Measure | Denton Community Academy | Tameside | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 268 | 2,864 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 83% | 89% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 73% | 83% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 2% | 3% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 19% | 36% | 13% |
| — further education college | 52% | 43% | 37% |
| — other education | — | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 7% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 11% | 8% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 6% | 3% | 3% |
How do GCSE results compare?
No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.
What do pupils study?
Mapped — the share of the 418 learning outcomes the Department for Education sets for these stages that the subjects taken here cover, weighted by how many pupils take each.
DfE subject entries 2025 · curriculum catalogue by sch.today
Fields of knowledge — twelve fields the curriculum catalogue sorts every learning outcome into; the bars show the GCSE and A level ring.
GCSE subjects25
Entries as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 267 | — | 89% | 19% | 20% | 66% |
| Mathematics | 266 | — | 88% | 13% | 22% | 70% |
| English Literature | 263 | — | 86% | 33% | 21% | 75% |
| Combined Science | 221 | — | 65% | 9% | 9% | 57% |
| Geography | 77 | — | 41% | 21% | 25% | 69% |
| History | 46 | — | 41% | 24% | 26% | 63% |
| Biology | 44 | — | 23% | 34% | 45% | 98% |
| Physics | 43 | — | 23% | 37% | 46% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 43 | — | 23% | 44% | 47% | 100% |
| Religious Studies | 36 | — | 31% | 33% | 32% | 75% |
| Photography | 35 | — | 6% | 23% | 19% | 86% |
| Art and Design | 32 | — | 7% | 22% | 24% | 91% |
| Spanish | 26 | — | 19% | 19% | 27% | 96% |
| Computer Science | 20 | — | 13% | 10% | 30% | 65% |
| French | 18 | — | 18% | 39% | 29% | 94% |
| Textiles | 15 | — | 2% | 47% | 27% | 93% |
| Citizenship Studies | 11 | — | 3% | 9% | 19% | 36% |
| German | 9 | — | 5% | 44% | 33% | 78% |
| Urdu | 5 | — | 1% | — | 42% | — |
| Arabic | 3 | — | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Portuguese | 3 | — | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Russian | 2 | — | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Polish | 1 | — | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Chinese | 1 | — | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Modern Greek | 1 | — | 0% | — | 33% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications9
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Childcare Skills | 46 | — | — |
| Small Business Management | 35 | — | — |
| Engineering Studies | 33 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 31 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 23 | — | — |
| Dance: General | 13 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 11 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 10 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 8 | — | — |
Fields of knowledge, all stages12
Ideas pupils meet most, weighted by the share of the cohort taking the subjects that teach them:
Coverage counts a subject’s outcomes in proportion to the share of the cohort entered for it; Combined Science counts as two thirds of the three separate sciences. Levels follow ISCED 2011 as UNESCO maps it for the UK: Key Stage 3 is ISCED 2; GCSE and A level are both ISCED 3. Methodology: about the data.
Which jobs use what’s taught here?
A match of what’s taught, not of entry requirements: the standards whose knowledge and skills share the most ideas with the GCSEs and A levels taken here, weighted by how many pupils take each subject.
Level 3 / Level 6 — England’s qualification levels: 3 is A level standard, 4–5 are higher apprenticeships, 6 is a bachelor’s degree.
Skills England apprenticeship standards (Open Government Licence v3.0) · ESCO occupations, © European Union, matched by sch.today · how the match works
More apprenticeships9
How do you get a place?
The last distance at which Denton Community Academy offered Year 7 places is not yet on file; it comes from Tameside’s allocation statistics.
- 31 OctApply to Tameside in Year 6 for a Year 7 place
- 1 MarNational Offer Day
Compare with nearby schools
More Tameside schools3
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.