Denbigh School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary, 16 plus
- Ofsted rating
- Good Jan 15 2019 Ofsted report
- Gender
- Mixed
- Age range
- 11 - 19 y.o.
- Type
- Academies
- Funding
- State-funded secondary
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious Character
- None
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Local authority
- Milton Keynes
- Unique reference
- 136468
- Address
- Burchard Crescent, Shenley Church End, MK5 6EX
- Website
- http://www.denbigh.net
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 1761 (96% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 49.6%
- Girls
- 50.4%
- First language not English
- 19.8%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 11.2%
- Persistent absence
- 13.9%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 7.7%
White British 37.4%
Indian 13.7%
Other Asian 10.1%
African 8.7%
Other White 8.6%
Pakistani 6.5%
Mixed 6.3%
Chinese 2.7%
Other Black 2.4%
Bangladeshi 1.2%
Other 0.8%
Caribbean 0.6%
Unclassified 0.6%
Irish 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Progress 8 score
- This school
- 0.12
- Local authority average, state-funded schools
- -0.14
- England average, state-funded schools
- -0.03
Entering EBacc
School 51%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 63%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 54
Local authority average 44.5
England average 46.3
EBacc average point score
School 5.04
Local authority average 3.9
England average 4.05
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Tourism | Technical Award | 23 |
Arabic | GCSE | 3 |
Art & Design (Fine Art) | GCSE | 51 |
Art & Design (Textiles) | GCSE | 8 |
Biology | GCSE | 83 |
Business Studies:Single | GCSE | 59 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 83 |
Chinese | GCSE | 5 |
Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 59 |
Design & Technology | GCSE | 35 |
Admissions
Denbigh School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 257
- Status
- Oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 283
- 2nd preference
- 341
- 3rd preference
- 313
- From another Local Authority
- 25
Offers
- 1st preference
- 216
- 2nd preference
- 26
- 3rd preference
- 9
- To another Local Authority
- 3
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 23 |
Cohort sizes
Class type | Total Boys Girls |
---|---|
Year 7 | 259 128 131 |
Year 8 | 260 138 122 |
Year 9 | 259 127 132 |
Year 10 | 263 119 144 |
Year 11 | 263 139 124 |
Year 12 | 241 121 120 |
Year 13 | 216 101 115 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
---|---|
Staying in education | 92.0% 87.9% 86.5% |
Further education | 22.0% 31.8% 34.7% |
School sixth form | 69.0% 55.3% 37.9% |
Sixth form college | 0.0% 0.1% 13.1% |
Other education destinations | SP 0.8% 0.9% |
Entering employment | 3.0% 4.5% 3.9% |
Entering apprenticeships | 2.0% 2.0% 3.4% |
Not in education or employment | 2.0% 4.7% 5.2% |
Destination unknown | 1.0% 0.8% 1.0% |
Progression to Higher Education or Training
Destinations after A‑levels | School LA England |
---|---|
Degrees | 75.0% 65.5% 64.0% |
Top third higher education institutions | 19.0% 15.0% 19.7% |
Russell Group | 16.0% 12.7% 17.7% |
Oxford or Cambridge | 1.0% 1.0% 1.0% |
Other study at level 4 or 5 | 1.0% 2.5% 2.6% |
Higher apprenticeships | 2.0% 1.8% 1.7% |