NCEA Duke's Secondary School
Secondary schoolNCEA Duke's Secondary School is a secondary school in Northumberland, for pupils aged 11 to 19. It had 980 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection
- Report card, 28 April 2026
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Not applicable
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
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 NCEA Duke's Secondary School was 36.3, against 42.8 in Northumberland and 46.2 in England.
32.6% 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 | Northumberland | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 36.3 | 42.8 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 32.6% | 41.8% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 49.1% | 61% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 175 | – | – |
- 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- NCEA Bishop's Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), October 2022. 36% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)70 m
- NCEA Castle SchoolSpecial. Good (overall), November 202280 m
- St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, AshingtonPrimary. Standards maintained, January 2025. 80% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)420 m
- NCEA Thomas Bewick C of E Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), May 2024. 41% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)520 m
- NCEA James Knott CofE Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade. 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
- Central AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), October 2023, before the school changed1.4 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Northumberland
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).