Denton Community College

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Denton Community Academy
Location
Denton Community College
Taylor Lane

Denton
,
Greater Manchester
,
M34 3NG

England
Coordinates 53°27′34″N2°07′19″W / 53.4595°N 2.1219°W / 53.4595; -2.1219
Information
Type Academy Secondary
MottoOutcomes Focused, Child Centred
EstablishedJanuary 2025
Local authority Tameside
Department for Education URN 151485 Tables
Ofsted Reports
PrincipalDonald Cumming
Gender Mixed
Age11to 16
Enrolment1352
Colour(s)Purple  
Website dca.northerneducationtrust.org

Denton Community Academy is a comprehensive school for boys and girls between the ages of 11 and 16 in Denton, Greater Manchester, the England.

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History

Denton Community Academy was designated as a new school on 1st January 2025, joining the high-performing Northern Education Trust family of schools. Northern Education Trust has transformed the outcomes, for example the number of students achieving a Grade 5+ in English and Maths has doubled to 52% in 2025. "Our Transformation". News. Manchesterworld. 19 September 2025. Retrieved 19 September 2025.

The school originally opened on 1 September 2010, with a new £24 million building being built on the Egerton Park site as part of the borough's £300m Building Schools for the Future project. The school is an amalgamation of two other schools in the area that closed on 31 August 2010: Egerton Park Arts College and Two Trees Sports College in Denton. The school operated on two sites until 10 January 2012 when the new school building opened to students.

In 2015 the Denton Community College was reported as Good by Ofsted. Then in December 2022, the school was rated Inadequate by Ofsted [1] . In November 2024, Ofsted reported that "Pupils and staff feel safe in the school...Classrooms are calm and purposeful". [2] This was the last monitoring visit before that school closed. Denton Community Academy opened in January 2025, part of the Northern Education Trust.

Northern Education Trust is a multi-academy trust operating in the North of England, established in 2010. It operates both primary and secondary academies. The Northern Education Trust (NET) is a founder and member of the Northern Alliance of Trusts.

Academic performance

Like all except two schools in Tameside LEA, it has no sixth form.

References

  1. ↑ Ofsted Communications Team (1 May 2021). "Find an inspection report and registered childcare". reports.ofsted.gov.uk. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  2. ↑ Ofsted Communications Team (19 December 2024). "Find an inspection report and registered childcare". reports.ofsted.gov.uk. Retrieved 19 September 2025.


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