The Duchess's Community High School is a secondary school located in Alnwick. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 27/09/2012. The overall pupil absence from this school is 6%, which is 2 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Taylor Drive, Alnwick, NE66 2DH
Website: http://www.dchs-alnwick.org/
Telephone: 01665602166
School Type: Community school
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Northumberland
Headteacher / Principal: Co Headteacher Alan Rogers & James Wilson
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 122362

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 27/09/2012

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1651
Number of Pupils: 1495
Number of Boys: 747
Number of Girls: 748

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 6% 4%
Persistent absence: 14.3% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Below Average: -0.38 Confidence interval -0.55 to -0.21
Of the 232 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 227 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:21%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:91%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:41%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:44.3
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.7
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Paul's Catholic Primary School, Alnwick
South Road , NE66 2NU 		- not rated 1,421 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Swansfield Park Primary School
The Avenue , NE66 1UL 		4out of 4 1,425 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
St Michael's Church of England Primary School
Howling Lane , NE66 1DJ 		3out of 4 2,183 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Duchess's Community High School
Taylor Drive , NE66 2DH 		3out of 4 0 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Barndale House School
Howling Lane , NE66 1DQ 		3out of 4 2,234 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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