John Spence Community High School
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Score
D46
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- North Shields, NE29 9PU
- Distance
- 0.8km away
Marden High School
Hartington Road, Cullercoats, North Shields, NE30 3RZ
Local ranking4th of 15 secondary schools in North Tyneside
Ofsted: StrongUpdated— score data refreshed 20 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
905
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 7 July 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 55.0 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 65.9% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 81.0% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 179
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 95.0%
- Continued in education
- 85.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 7.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 943
- Boys
- 517 (51%)
- Girls
- 497 (49%)
- Capacity
- 905 (112% full)
- SEND
- 15.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 16.4%
- EAL
- 2.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.9%
- SEN Support
- 13.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 54.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,153/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 12.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 93.6%
- White Other: 1.7%
- Mixed Other: 1.3%
- Asian Indian: 1.0%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 0.6%
- Asian Chinese: 0.6%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.5%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.3%
93.6%
White British
1.7%
White Other
1.3%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Hartington Road
North Shields, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 108627
- UKPRN
- 10016873
- Establishment No.
- 4006
- Trust
- The North Tyneside Learning Trust
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Ofsted: Good
Score
B74
- Type
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- Phase
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- Location
- North Shields, NE30 4RF
- Distance
- 1.4km away
Marden Bridge Middle School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D54
- Type
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- Phase
- Middle deemed secondary
- Location
- Whitley Bay, NE25 8RW
- Distance
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Monkseaton High School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D46
- Type
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- Phase
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- Location
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- Distance
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Ofsted: Needs attention
Score
D45
- Type
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- Phase
- Middle deemed secondary
- Location
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- Distance
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St Thomas More Catholic High School
Ofsted: Good
Score
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- Distance
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