SCHOOL PROFILE

NCEA Duke's Secondary School: data, trends and context

NCEA Duke's Secondary School is a secondary school in Northumberland. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
135886
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy sponsor led
Status
Open
Local authority
Northumberland
Region
North East
Trust
NORTHUMBERLAND CHURCH OF ENGLAND ACADEMY TRUST
Postcode
NE63 9FZ
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
980
FSM eligible
49.3%
EAL / First language other than English
4.1%
SEND (total)
28.5%
SEN Support
22.2%
EHCP
6.2%
White British
93.4%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
86.4%
Overall absence
13.6%
Persistent absence
39.3%
Severe absence
7.2%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
NorthumberlandLocal authority91.0%9.0%3.5%
North EastRegion90.7%9.3%4.3%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
92.1%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
22.9%
Permanent exclusion rate
1.1%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
32.0
English & maths grade 5+
20.7%
English & maths grade 4+
41.5%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

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NCEA Duke's Secondary School is a secondary school in Northumberland. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.