NCEA Duke's Secondary School is a secondary school located in Ashington. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 15/11/2017. The overall pupil absence from this school is 7.9%, which is 3.9 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Academy Road, Ashington, NE63 9FZ
Website: http://www.ncea.org.uk/
Telephone: 01670816111
School Type: Academy sponsor led
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Northumberland
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Ruston Atkinson
Religious character: Church of England
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 135886

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 15/11/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 19
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1150
Number of Pupils: 953
Number of Boys: 457
Number of Girls: 496

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 7.9% 4%
Persistent absence: 25.2% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Well Below Average: -0.93 Confidence interval -1.14 to -0.72
Of the 144 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 142 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:65%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:93%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:19%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:36.5
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.14
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
NCEA Bishop's Primary School
Academy Road , NE63 9FZ 		- not rated 80 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
St Aidan's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School
Moorhouse Lane , NE63 9LR 		3out of 4 463 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
NCEA Thomas Bewick C of E Primary School
Moorhouse Lane , NE63 9LP 		- not rated 568 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
NCEA James Knott CofE Primary School
Norham Road , NE63 0LF 		- not rated 1,360 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Central Primary School
Milburn Road , NE63 0AX 		2out of 4 1,525 yd Foundation school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
NCEA Duke's Secondary School
Academy Road , NE63 9FZ 		2out of 4 0 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Ashington Academy
Green Lane , NE63 8DH 		1out of 4 2,344 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
NCEA Castle School
Academy Road , NE63 9FZ 		- not rated 88 yd Academy special converter Yes Mixed More About School
Rosewood Independent School
Within YMCA Northumberland , North View NE63 9XQ 		- not rated 2,079 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School
Gust Independent School
1 Haldane Street , NE63 8SF 		- not rated 2,207 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Buzz Learning Independent Specialist School
8 Esther Court , Wansbeck Business Park NE63 8AP 		- not rated 2,741 yd Other independent special school No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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