Denton Community Academy
About the school
Denton Community Academy is an open secondary school in Tameside.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 14 December 2022
- Published
- 23 March 2023
- Inspection type
- S8 No Formal Designation Visit
- Latest outcome
- Inadequate
Category of concern: SM
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Inadequate
Quality of education
Inadequate
Behaviour and attitudes
Inadequate
Personal development
Inadequate
Leadership and management
Inadequate
Safeguarding
No
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 42.9
- Tameside
- 43.6
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Tameside
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 52.30%
- Tameside
- 40.90%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 66.90%
- Tameside
- 62.60%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 8.60%
- Tameside
- 35.20%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 3.71
- Tameside
- 3.81
- England
- 4.09
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
1281
Girls
58.24%
Boys
41.76%
SEN support
16.71%
Education, health and care plan
2.34%
English as an additional language
10.40%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
42.00%
Overall absence
15.8
Persistent absence
41.86