Denton Community College
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| motto = Inspire, Aspire Perform
| established = September 2010
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| type = Community Secondary
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| head_label = Acting Headteacher
| head = Donald Cumming
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| address = Taylor Lane
| city = Denton
| county = Greater Manchester
| country = England
| postcode = M34 3NG
| local_authority = Tameside
| ofsted = yes
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| urn = 151485
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| enrolment = 1352
| gender = Mixed
| lower_age = 11
| upper_age = 16
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| colours = Purple, yellow and green {{colour box|purple}}{{colour box|yellow}}{{colour box|green}}
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| website = {{URL|http://www.dentoncommunitycollege.org.uk}}
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Denton Community College is a comprehensive school for boys and girls between the ages of 11 and 16 in Denton, Greater Manchester, the England.
History
The school 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 December 2022 Denton Community College was rated Inadequate by Ofsted{{cite web |last=Ofsted Communications Team |date=1 May 2021 |title=Find an inspection report and registered childcare |url=http://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report |access-date=12 May 2023 |website=reports.ofsted.gov.uk}} after being reported as Good in 2015, Ofsted cites as "pupils [being] suspended from school due to disruptive behaviour, physical violence and defiance towards staff." to one of the reasons.
Academic performance
Like all except two schools in Tameside LEA, it has no sixth form.
References
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External links
- [http://www.dentoncommunitycollege.org.uk/ Website]
{{Schools in Tameside}}
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Category:Secondary schools in Tameside
Category:Community schools in Tameside
Category:Educational institutions established in 2010
Category:2010 establishments in England
Category:Denton, Greater Manchester
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