The Duchess's Community High School
Secondary schoolThe Duchess's Community High School is a secondary school in Northumberland, for pupils aged 11 to 18. It had 1,276 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Requires improvement (overall), October 2021, before the school changed
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 19 October 2021
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
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 The Duchess's Community High School was 41.3, against 42.8 in Northumberland and 46.2 in England.
34.9% 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 | Northumberland | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 41.3 | 42.8 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 34.9% | 41.8% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 54.7% | 61% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 192 | – | – |
- 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- St Paul's Catholic Primary School, AlnwickPrimary. School remains Good, March 2024. 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.3 km
- Swansfield Park Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), December 2023, before the school changed1.3 km
- Ncea Harry Hotspur Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met2 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).