Denton Community Academy

Term dates

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Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

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How places are given: there's no entrance test. When there are more applicants than places, places usually go by criteria such as siblings, distance or catchment area. Check the council's or school's admissions policy for the exact rules.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 92 families put this school as their first choice, and 142 places were offered. 92 of the families who put it first got a place (100%).

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Ofsted inspection

Latest graded inspection, 14 December 2022. Overall: Inadequate It was inspected as Denton Community College, before the school changed (for example, became an academy).

Quality of education

Inadequate

Behaviour and attitudes

Inadequate

Personal development

Inadequate

Leadership and management

Inadequate

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Academy

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–16

Pupils

1107 (capacity 1530)

Gender

Mixed

Academy trust

NORTHERN EDUCATION TRUST

Phone

01613362219

Address

Taylor Lane, Denton, Manchester, M34 3NG

Website

dca.northerneducationtrust.org

Official school record, including Ofsted reports