Denton Community Academy

State-Funded School
denton-community-academy-tameside-north-westLink
Region
North WestRegion
TamesideLocal Authority
Gorton and DentonConstituency
Postcode
M34 3NGPostcode
0.3
Academic Performance
Ofsted

About the School

Denton Community Academy is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–16, located in Tameside, North West.

The school is rated Inadequate by Ofsted. It currently serves 1,107 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

No

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Inadequate

Quality ofeducation

Inadequate

Personaldevelopment

Inadequate

Behaviour &attitudes

Inadequate

Ethnicity

White
74%
Asian
6%
Black
8%
Mixed
6%
Chinese
2%
Any other group
3%

Pupils

1,107

Total Pupils

41%Boys
59%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals
38%
England average
27%
First language not English
8%
England average
22%
Young carers
1%
England average
1%
0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase
Secondary
Age range
11 – 16
Total pupils
1,107

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published
Overall
23 Mar 2023
Inadequate

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

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