NCEA Duke's Secondary School
About the school
NCEA Duke's Secondary School is an open secondary school in Northumberland.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 6 June 2023
- Published
- 24 July 2023
- Inspection type
- Serious Weaknesses S5 Reinspection
- Latest outcome
- Requires improvement
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Good
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 32
- Northumberland
- 44
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Northumberland
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 20.70%
- Northumberland
- 41.70%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 41.50%
- Northumberland
- 62.80%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 11.20%
- Northumberland
- 32.30%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 2.54
- Northumberland
- 3.82
- England
- 4.09
A levels and sixth form
Average A-level grade
- School
- C-
Average A-level points
- School
- 26.32
AAB or better
- School
- 0.00%
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
1045
Girls
52.73%
Boys
47.27%
SEN support
18.37%
Education, health and care plan
5.84%
English as an additional language
3.60%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
49.79%
Overall absence
13.56
Persistent absence
39.34
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
167
Sustained education or employment
89%
Education
72%
Apprenticeship
11%
Employment
5%
Not sustained
9%
After 16–18 study
Cohort
49
Sustained education or employment
80%
Higher education
27%
Further education
10%
Apprenticeship
16%
Employment
27%