Denton Community College

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Denton Community College
Location

Taylor Lane Denton , Greater Manchester , M34 3NG England
Coordinates	53°27′34″N 2°07′19″W / 53.4595°N 2.1219°W / 53.4595; -2.1219
Information
Type	Academy secondary
Motto	Outcomes Focused, Child Centred
Established	2010
Local authority	Tameside
Department for Education URN	151485 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Principal	Donald Cumming
Gender	Mixed
Age	11 to 16
Enrolment	1352
Colour	Purple
Website	dca.northerneducationtrust.org

Denton Community College is a academy comprehensive school for boys and girls between the ages of 11 and 16 in Denton, Greater Manchester, England.

History

The school originally opened on 1 September 2010, with a new £24 million building being built on the Egerton Park site as part of the borough's £300m Building Schools for the Future project. The school is an amalgamation of two other schools in the area that closed on 31 August 2010: Egerton Park Arts College and Two Trees Sports College in Denton. The school operated on two sites until 10 January 2012 when the new school building opened to students.

In 2015 the Denton Community College was reported as Good by Ofsted. Then in December 2022, the school was rated Inadequate by Ofsted.^[1] In November 2024, Ofsted reported that "Pupils and staff feel safe in the school...Classrooms are calm and purposeful".^[2] This was the last monitoring visit before that school closed.

The school was re-opened as an academy, part of the Northern Education Trust, in January 2025.^[3] Northern Education Trust is a multi-academy trust operating in the North of England, established in 2010. It operates both primary and secondary academies. The Northern Education Trust (NET) is a founder and member of the Northern Alliance of Trusts.

References

↑ Ofsted Communications Team (1 May 2021). "Find an inspection report and registered childcare". reports.ofsted.gov.uk. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
↑ Ofsted Communications Team (19 December 2024). "Find an inspection report and registered childcare". reports.ofsted.gov.uk. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
↑ Lees, Jessica (17 September 2025). "Our 'transformation is nothing short of remarkable' says Denton School". ManchesterWorld. Retrieved 1 October 2025.

External links

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Secondary schools	Alder Community High School All Saints Catholic College Audenshaw School Copley Academy Denton Community College Droylsden Academy Fairfield High School for Girls Great Academy Ashton Hyde High School Longdendale High School Mossley Hollins High School Rayner Stephens High School St Damian's RC Science College St Thomas More RC College West Hill School
FE & sixth form colleges	Ashton Sixth Form College Clarendon Sixth Form College Tameside College
Defunct schools	Egerton Park Arts College Littlemoss High School

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