Denton Community Academy
Secondary schoolDenton Community Academy is a secondary school in Tameside, for pupils aged 11 to 16. It had 1,107 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Inadequate (overall), December 2022, before the school changed, special measures
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 14 December 2022
- Overall effectiveness
- Inadequate
- Quality of education
- Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Inadequate
- Personal development
- Inadequate
- Leadership and management
- Inadequate
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Denton Community Academy was 46.1, against 43.7 in Tameside and 46.2 in England.
56.9% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Tameside | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 46.1 | 43.7 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 56.9% | 43.3% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 73.1% | 63.6% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 283 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Russell Scott Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), December 2023. 54% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)330 m
- St Mary's RC Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade. 36% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)850 m
- Audenshaw SchoolSecondary. Good (overall), March 2023. Attainment 8 of 48.4 (2025/26, provisional)910 m
- St Thomas More RC CollegeSecondary. School remains Good, June 2022. Attainment 8 of 48.1 (2025/26, provisional)1.1 km
- Greswell Primary School and NurseryPrimary. Good (overall), September 2023, before the school changed1.2 km
- Poplar Street Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), September 2022. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.3 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Tameside
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).