School Overview

Denbigh High School is an outstanding school with approximately 1120 students between the ages of 11 and 16 and we became an academy in 2010 as a result of our status as an outstanding school.

We are also a highly successful school that has a decade-long record of year-on-year achievement at GCSE, during which time the proportion of students gaining 5 or more, good GCSEs has more than quadrupled.

Our focus on success and achievement is uncompromising. We have a curriculum which is broad and challenging and our contextual value-added score for progress from key stages 2 to 4 is one of the highest in the country at 1067.4.

We are also immensely pleased to have received the Times Educational Supplement (TES) Secondary School of the Year Award' in 2009.

As an NCSL Leadership Development School we also aim to raise the aspirations of trainee Headteachers and help to develop future leaders that share our high standards.

The success of our school has led to widespread recognition through national School Achievement Awards, close links with business partners such as HSBC and our Executive Principal, Dame Yasmin Bevan, receiving national honours.

As a specialist sports college Denbigh has exceptional sporting facilities and our students and the local community benefit from a wide range of opportunities that enable them to enjoy active and healthy lifestyles.

The school's core value statement "High achievement for all is our shared responsibility" reflects our belief that everyone must work together and support one another as a learning community so that each and every student is able to achieve the highest standards in all that they do.