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Dene Community School
Dene Academy (formerly Dene Community School) is a Mixed-sex education, coeducational secondary school located in Peterlee, County Durham, England. Established in 1962, in November 2012 the school relocated to a new building on the same site. Previously a Community school (England and Wales), community school administered by Durham County Council, in September 2019 Dene Community School converted to Academy (English school), academy status and was renamed Dene Academy. The school is now sponsored by the Advance Learning Partnership. Dene Academy offers General Certificate of Secondary Education, GCSEs and Business and Technology Education Council, BTECs as programmes of study for pupils. Most graduating students go on to attend East Durham College. References External linksDene Academy official website Secondary schools in County Durham Academies in County Durham Educational institutions established in 1962 1962 establishments in England Peterlee {{CountyDurham-scho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy (English School)
An academy school in England is a state-funded school which is directly funded by the Department for Education and independent of local authority control. The terms of the arrangements are set out in individual Academy Funding Agreements. Most academies are secondary schools, though slightly more than 25% of primary schools (4,363 as of December 2017) are academies. Academies are self-governing non-profit charitable trusts and may receive additional support from personal or corporate sponsors, either financially or in kind. Academies are inspected and follow the same rules on admissions, special educational needs and exclusions as other state schools and students sit the same national exams. They have more autonomy with the National Curriculum, but do have to ensure that their curriculum is broad and balanced, and that it includes the core subjects of English, maths and science. They must also teach relationships and sex education, and religious education. They are free ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
