Secondary
The Duchess's Community High School
Taylor Drive, Alnwick, NE66 2DH
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1276 of 1651 places
- Local authority
- Northumberland
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- PELE TRUST
Ofsted
Last inspected October 2021
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
- Sixth formRequires improvement
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
38%
43.2
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 43.2 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.62 |
| Entered the EBacc | 15% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 63% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 38% |
| A level average points per entry | 31.81 |
| A level students | 84 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Taylor Drive, Alnwick, NE66 2DH
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Northumberland admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- James Wilson
- Address
- Taylor Drive, Alnwick, NE66 2DH
- Telephone
- 01665602166