Marden High School
Ofsted: Strong
Score
B70
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- North Shields, NE30 3RZ
- Distance
- 0.8km away
John Spence Community High School
Preston Road, North Shields, NE29 9PU
Local ranking15th of 15 secondary schools in North Tyneside
Ofsted: Requires improvementUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
885
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 6 June 2023. Figures last updated .
School history and status
Continues from John Spence Community High School (URN 108644) since 1 November 2023. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 43.0 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 40.0% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 57.6% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 165
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 88.0%
- Continued in education
- 79.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 7.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 812
- Boys
- 461 (53%)
- Girls
- 411 (47%)
- Capacity
- 885 (99% full)
- SEND
- 19.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 49.1%
- EAL
- 4.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.3%
- SEN Support
- 15.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 13.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 60.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,378/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
- 9.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 25.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 90.3%
- White Other: 1.9%
- Black African: 1.2%
- Mixed Other: 1.1%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.0%
- Asian Indian: 0.6%
90.3%
White British
1.9%
White Other
1.2%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Preston Road
North Shields, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 150195
- UKPRN
- 10093473
- Establishment No.
- 4038
- Trust
- PELE TRUST
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