NCEA Duke's Secondary School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Jun 7 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Church of England
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Northumberland
Unique reference
135886
Address
Academy Road, NE63 9FZ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1021 (78% of total capacity)
Boys
48.1%
Girls
51.9%
First language not English
2.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
46.3%
Persistent absence
40.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
18.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 95.1%
Mixed 1%
African 1%
Other White 0.8%
Other 0.8%
Indian 0.3%
Other Asian 0.3%
Unclassified 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.97
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.2
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 8%
Local authority average 28%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 34%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 39.7
Local authority average 44.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.06
Local authority average 3.8
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award22
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined)Technical Award23
MultimediaTechnical Award19
Speech & DramaTechnical Award7
Sports StudiesTechnical Award23
TourismTechnical Award18
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE63
BiologyGCSE178
ChemistryGCSE178
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

NCEA Duke's Secondary School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
190
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
221
2nd preference
45
3rd preference
9
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
189
2nd preference
1
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes19.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
206
87
119
Year 8
196
102
94
Year 9
185
91
94
Year 10
188
94
94
Year 11
180
83
97
Year 12
36
18
18
Year 13
30
16
14
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
73.0%
81.1%
85.6%
Further education
43.0%
34.8%
35.4%
School sixth form
29.0%
45.7%
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
SP
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
4.0%
6.1%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
10.0%
5.9%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
14.0%
6.5%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.4%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
48.0%
68.2%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
13.0%
29.8%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
3.0%
1.8%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
2.0%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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