Results
A-level 2025 rank: 364=
Grade
%
A*/A
24
A*-B
52
GCSE 2025 rank: 391=
Grade
%
9/8
12
7
8
9/8/7
20
The Duchess’s Community High School, Alnwick
Comprehensive
National rank
394
398
Rank last year
52%
A-level
20%
GCSE
Need to know
Head teacher
James Wilson
Attendance
90.4%
Gender of entry
Mixed
Send pupils*
16.2%
*Special educational needs and disabilities
Total pupils
1,443
Pupils on free school meals
18.4%
Progress 8
BELOW AVERAGE
Progress 8 is a measure of the development a school cohort/pupils makes from year 6 to year 11. The data used is from 2024. There will be no KS2 updates for 2025 or 2026 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The government is consulting on an improved version of Progress 8 and Attainment 8
What the school inspection says
The school converted to an academy in 2023 and has yet to be inspected.
Inspection
n/a
In detail
*
Read the full report
*Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgment in inspections of state-funded schools. A five-point grading scale, including a new “exceptional” grade was introduced in November 2025.
Email
admin@dchs-alnwick.uk
Telephone
01665 602 166
Website
dchs-alnwick.org
Address
Taylor Drive,
Alnwick,
NE66 2DH