Denton Community College

Denton Community College
Type	Community Secondary
Headteacher	Nick Condliffe
Location	Taylor Lane Denton Greater Manchester M343NG England Coordinates: 53°27′34″N 2°07′19″W / 53.4595°N 2.1219°W / 53.4595; -2.1219
Local authority	Tameside
DfE URN	135122 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Students	1046
Gender	Mixed
Ages	11–16
Website	www.dentoncommunitycollege.org.uk

Denton Community College is a comprehensive, inclusive 1,350 place school in the UK for boys and girls between the ages of 11 and 16. The school is located at Taylor Lane, Denton, Tameside, Greater Manchester, M34 3PB.

History

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

Academic performance

Like all except two schools in Tameside LEA, it has no sixth form.

External links

Website

Schools in Tameside

Secondary schools	Alder Community High School All Saints Catholic College Astley Sports College Audenshaw School Copley Academy Denton Community College Droylsden Academy Fairfield High School for Girls Hyde Community College Longdendale High School Mossley Hollins High School New Charter Academy St Damian's RC Science College St Thomas More RC College West Hill School

FE & sixth form colleges	Ashton Sixth Form College Hyde Clarendon Sixth Form College Tameside College

Defunct schools	Egerton Park Arts College Littlemoss High School

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