Denton Community Academy
Secondary · Manchester · M34 3NG
Data updated
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Ofsted placed this school in a statutory category of concern, special measures, at the inspection of 14 December 2022. It stands until a later inspection lifts it.
Inspected 14 December 2022
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
1,107 pupils · 72% of 1,530 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 38.4% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 10.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 16.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 2.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
- URN
- 151485
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 92 families named it first for 142 Year 7 places, 0.65 first choices per place. We hold 14 Year 7 admissions rounds for it, 2010 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Inadequate on 14 December 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 14.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026
0.65 first-choice applications per place142 places offered · 92 first-choice applications · usually has places
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.
Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7
Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.
Cutoff by admission criterion (2017 entry)
- Criterion 5
- 1.191 miles
2017 is the most recent year we hold a cutoff for this school. It describes that year, not 2026.
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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Manchester school admissions · Tameside school admissions
GCSE results (2024/2025)
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Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 72% (Tameside 70%, England 59%) · Black African 7% (Tameside 4%, England 5%) · Asian Pakistani 4% (Tameside 7%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 3% (Tameside 1%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Tameside 1%, England 2%) · Any other White background 2% (Tameside 3%, England 7%) · Asian Chinese 2% (Tameside 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Tameside 1%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Tameside 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Tameside 1%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Tameside 1%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 1% (Tameside 1%, England 4%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Tameside 4%, England 2%) · other groups together 2%
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
154.25 suspensions per 100 pupils and 10 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Tameside: 46.34 suspensions and 0.43 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 5.93% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £53,499; 19% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%
Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 4/10more deprived than most of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 4/10more deprived than most of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 18.9% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 22.1% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 24.3% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 16.4% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 41.7% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 67.1% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 7.4% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 25.2% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 5.4% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 6.3% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 7.9% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 23.9% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01005971 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £195,500350 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £165,000–£249,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Roads around the school
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 3an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 2an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 18an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 4an urban school averages 6.1
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted