# NCEA Duke's Secondary School

NCEA 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.

Secondary school. Code E135886. [Northumberland](https://openindex.co.uk/northumberland)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Academy sponsor led
- Ages: 11 to 19
- Pupils: 980
- Council: Northumberland
- URN: 135886

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Report 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
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [NCEA Bishop's Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ncea-bishops-primary-school-e145956): 70 m. Primary. Good (overall), October 2022. 36% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [NCEA Castle School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ncea-castle-school-e145957): 80 m. Special. Good (overall), November 2022
- [St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, Ashington](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-aidans-catholic-primary-school-ashington-e148504): 420 m. Primary. Standards maintained, January 2025. 80% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [NCEA Thomas Bewick C of E Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ncea-thomas-bewick-c-of-e-primary-school-e148766): 520 m. Primary. Good (overall), May 2024. 41% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [NCEA James Knott CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ncea-james-knott-cofe-primary-school-e148763): 1.2 km. Primary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade. 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Central Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/central-academy-e152255): 1.4 km. Primary. Good (overall), October 2023, before the school changed

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/135886)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/135886)

## How to cite

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