Marden High School
Secondary · Foundation school · Mixed · North Tyneside
Hartington Road, North Shields, NE30 3RZ
77
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
85%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
94.5%
12.8% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,014
Capacity used
Over capacity112%
905 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
85%
1st preference success rate
182 of 214 families who put it first got an offer
189
Places offered
374
Total applications
2.0
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 214 | 182 | ● 85% |
| 2nd preference | 107 | 6 | ● 6% |
| 3rd preference | 52 | 1 | ● 2% |
| Later preferences | 1 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 374 | 189 | 51% |
1st preference success by year
North Tyneside lets families list 3 preferences. 6 applications came from outside the council area (0 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Karen Robson
- Address
- Hartington Road, Cullercoats, North Shields, NE30 3RZ
- Phone
- 01912962771
- Local authority
- North Tyneside
- Ward / constituency
- Tynemouth · Tynemouth
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 108627
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 18% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 3% | — | — |
| SEN support | 13% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 2 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: The North Tyneside Learning Trust
1,014 pupils · 905 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
22 September 2022
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 947 pupils
Attendance
94.5%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
5.5%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
12.8%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
1.3%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.2%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 53.7 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.41 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 61% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 81% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.48 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 55.1 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 59.8% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 85.1% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 12.6% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.65 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 174 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 174 | 23% | 62% | 87% | |
| English Language | 174 | 29% | 66% | 83% | |
| English Literature | 174 | 30% | 75% | 93% | |
| Combined Science | 133 | 5% | 46% | 77% | |
| History | 86 | 42% | 67% | 76% | |
| Geography | 64 | 25% | 48% | 70% | |
| Physical Education | 54 | 20% | 52% | 76% | |
| Art and Design | 48 | 35% | 98% | 98% | |
| Biology | 41 | 71% | 100% | 100% | |
| Physics | 41 | 56% | 98% | 100% | |
| Chemistry | 41 | 71% | 100% | 100% | |
| Media / Film / TV | 39 | 46% | 82% | 97% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through North Tyneside council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.