Denton Community College

Taylor Lane, Denton, Tameside, Lancashire, M34 3NG

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About this school

Denton Community College is a Community school serving secondary age pupils, located in Tameside, Lancashire. The school has 1,368 pupils enrolled. The Headteacher is Donald Cumming. The school is administered by Tameside local authority. It opened in 1 September 2010.

School details

Head

Donald Cumming

Local authority

Tameside

Gender

Mixed

URN

135122

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at Denton Community College are handled by the school or the local authority (Tameside). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

• Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
• Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
• Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
• EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.

Source: Department for Education school performance data. Check this school on GOV.UK →

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