John Spence Community High School
Preston Road, North Shields, NE29 9PU
Local ranking14th of 15 secondary schools in North Tyneside
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Secondary
Phase
885
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 41.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 28.6%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 50.0%
- Entering EBacc
- 6.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.5
- Cohort Size
- 154
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
- 421 (52%)
- Girls
- 391 (48%)
- Capacity
- 885 (92% 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
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.5%
- Persistent Absence
- 25.1%
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
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- White British: 88.7%
- White Other: 1.8%
- Other: 1.8%
- Mixed Other: 1.1%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.0%
- Black African: 1.0%
88.7%
White British
1.8%
White Other
1.8%
Other
Historical Trends
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 150195
- UKPRN
- 10093473
- Establishment No.
- 4038
- Trust
- PELE TRUST