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Denton Community College

Former Secondary Local authority maintained school in Manchester M34 3NG

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  • School Reference Number: 135122
  • Address: Taylor Lane, Denton, Manchester M34 3NG
  • Headteacher: Mr Donald Cumming
  • Telephone: 0161 336 2219
  • Website: dentoncommunitycollege.org.uk
  • Type: Local authority maintained schools
  • Sub-Type: Community school
  • Phase: Secondary
  • Pupil Capacity: 1,530
  • Local Education Authority: Tameside
  • Gender: Mixed
  • Age Range: 11 to 16
  • Admissions Policy: Non-selective
  • Active From: September 2010* (Result of Amalgamation)
  • Active To: December 2024* (For Academy)

* Active From and To dates don't necessarily mean that a school opened or closed on those dates. Schools are allocated a new Reference Number when they change status in any way, for example when a local authority school converts to an academy or when schools are combined or merged.

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Further Information

Latest Ofsted Rating

Inspected on 14/12/2022

Rating published on 23/03/2023

Overall effectiveness: Inadequate

Quality of education: Inadequate

Behaviour and attitudes: Inadequate

Personal development: Inadequate

Effectiveness of leadership and management: Inadequate

All Ofsted Reports

Inspection DatePublication DateInspection TypeRatingPDF Link
5 November 2024 19 December 2024 Monitoring visit
11 July 2023 25 September 2023 Monitoring visit
14 December 2022 24 March 2023 Full inspection Inadequate
2 November 2021 14 December 2021 School inspection
21 October 2015 16 November 2015 Full inspection Good
4 November 2014 22 November 2014 Curriculum and development visit
18 December 2013 22 January 2014 Monitoring visit
15 October 2013 13 November 2013 Full inspection Requires Improvement
23 February 2012 15 March 2012 Full inspection Satisfactory

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Unique Reference Number135122
Local Authority Code357
Local Authority NameTameside
Establishment Number4028
School / College NameDenton Community College
Establishment Type Code01
Establishment typeCommunity school
Establishment Type Group Code4
Establishment Type GroupLocal authority maintained schools
Establishment Status Code2
Establishment statusClosed
Reason Establishment Opened Code01
Reason establishment openedResult of Amalgamation
Open date01-09-2010
Reason Establishment Closed Code06
Reason establishment closedFor Academy
Close date31-12-2024
Phase Of Education Code 4
Phase of educationSecondary
Age range Low11
Age range High16
Boarders Code1
BoardersNo boarders
Nursery provisionNo Nursery Classes
Official Sixth Form Code2
Official sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
Gender Code3
Gender of entryMixed
Religious Character Code00
Religious characterDoes not apply
Religious ethosDoes not apply
Diocese Code0000
DioceseNot applicable
Admissions Policy Code4
Admissons policyNon-selective
School capacity1,530
Special Classes Code0
Special classesNot applicable
Census Date18-01-2024
Number of Pupils1,368
Number of Boys548
Number of Girls820
Percentage Free School Meals36.80
Trust School Flag Code0
Trust School Flag Not applicable
Trusts Code
Academy trust or Trust
School Sponsor FlagNot applicable
Academy sponsor
Federation FlagNot under a federation
Federations Code
Federation
UKPRN10031098
FEHE Identifier
Further education typeNot applicable
Last Changed Date31-12-2024
StreetTaylor Lane
LocalityDenton
Address3
TownManchester
County (name)Lancashire
PostcodeM34 3NG
Websitewww.dentoncommunitycollege.org.uk
Telephone01613362219
Headteacher/Principal titleMr
Headteacher/Principal first nameDonald
Headteacher/Principal last nameCumming
Headteacher/Principal Job Title
BSO Inspectorate NameNot applicable
Inspectorate Report
Date of Last Inspection Visit
Next Inspection Visit
Teenage mothers provisionNot applicable
Teenage mothers capacity
Childcare facilities provisionNot applicable
SEN facilitiesNot applicable
Pupils with EBDNot applicable
Number of places
Full time provision
Pupils educated by other providersNot applicable
Section 41 approvedNot applicable
SEN provision
Type of resourced provision
Resourced provision number on roll
Resourced provision capacity
SEN unit number on roll
SEN unit capacity
Government Office Region CodeB
Government Office RegionNorth West
District CodeE08000008
DistrictTameside
Ward CodeE05014523
WardDenton North East
Parliamentary Constituency CodeE14001251
Parliamentary ConstituencyGorton and Denton
Urban/Rural CodeA1
Urban/Rural Description(England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
GSS LA CodeE08000008
Easting391993
Northing396038
Middle Super Output Area (MSOA)Tameside 025
Lower Super Output Area (LSOA)Tameside 025A
Inspectorate Name
Number of special pupils under a special educational needs (SEN) statement/education, health and care (EHC) plan
Number of special pupils not under a special educational needs (SEN) statement/education, health and care (EHC) plan
Boarding Establishment
Proprietor's Name
Previous Local Authority Code999
Previous local authority
Previous establishment number
Country
UPRN10090074219
Site Name
QAB Code0
QAB NameNot applicable
Establishment Accredited Code0
Establishment AccreditedNot applicable
QAB Report
CH Number
MSOA CodeE02001253
LSOA CodeE01005971
Free School Meals504
Accreditation Expiry Date
URN135122
Web Linkhttp://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/135122
LAESTAB3574028
School nameDenton Community College
Ofsted phaseSecondary
Type of educationCommunity School
School open date01/09/2010
Admissions policyNon-selective
Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
Designated religious characterDoes not apply
Religious ethosDoes not apply
Faith groupingNon-faith
Ofsted regionNorth West
RegionNorth West
Local authorityTameside
Parliamentary constituencyGorton and Denton
Multi-academy trust UIDN/A
Multi-academy trust nameN/A
Academy sponsor UIDN/A
Academy sponsor nameN/A
PostcodeM34 3NG
Number of warning notices issued in 2023/24 academic yearN/A
The income deprivation affecting children index (IDACI) quintile4
Total number of pupils1,368
Statutory lowest age11
Statutory highest age16
Latest ungraded inspection number since last graded inspectionN/A
Does the ungraded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?N/A
URN at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
LAESTAB at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
School name at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
School type at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
Number of ungraded inspections since the last graded inspectionN/A
Date of latest ungraded inspectionN/A
Ungraded inspection publication dateN/A
Did the latest ungraded inspection convert to a graded inspection?N/A
Ungraded inspection overall outcomeN/A
Number of monitoring and urgent inspections since last graded inspection1
Inspection number of latest graded inspection10262325
Inspection typeS8 No Formal Designation Visit
Inspection type groupingSection 8 deemed section 5
Event type groupingSchools - S8 deemed S5
Inspection start date14/12/2022
Publication date23/03/2023
Does the latest graded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?Yes
URN at time of latest graded inspection135122
LAESTAB at time of latest graded inspection3574028
School name at time of latest graded inspectionDenton Community College
School type at time of latest graded inspectionCommunity School
Current school type used for chart C6Maintained school
Overall effectivenessInadequate
Category of concernSM
Quality of educationInadequate
Behaviour and attitudesInadequate
Personal developmentInadequate
Effectiveness of leadership and managementInadequate
Safeguarding is effective?No
Early years provisionN/A
Sixth form provisionN/A
Previous inspection number10002198
Previous inspection start date21/10/2015
Previous publication date25/11/2015
Does the previous graded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?Yes
URN at time of previous graded inspection135122
LAESTAB at time of previous graded inspection3574028
School name at time of previous graded inspectionDenton Community College
School type at time of previous graded inspectionCommunity School
Previous graded inspection overall effectiveness2
Previous category of concernN/A
Previous quality of educationN/A
Previous behaviour and attitudesN/A
Previous personal developmentN/A
Previous effectiveness of leadership and managementGood
Previous safeguarding is effective?Yes
Previous early years provisionN/A
Previous sixth form provisionN/A

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