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Marden High School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 1,014Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 108627URN

Hartington Road, Cullercoats, North Shields, NE30 3RZ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jul 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.3per place
0.5 above North Tyneside median (1.8)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in North Tyneside

433 applications for 188 places · 2nd of 8 in North Tyneside
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
55.0of 90
2nd of 11 in North Tyneside
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 7 July 2026Published 23 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 7 July 2026
    Report card · 3 Strong standard, 3 Expected standard
  2. 22 September 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.3applications per place, Year 7
0.5 above North Tyneside median (1.8) close to England median (2.2)

433 applications · 188 places offered · 246 named it first

  1. 2026 2.3; North Tyneside median median 1.8
  2. 2025 2.0; North Tyneside median median 1.7
  3. 2024 2.1; North Tyneside median median 1.6
  4. 2023 1.9; North Tyneside median median 1.5
  5. 2022 2.1; North Tyneside median median 1.4
  6. 2021 2.0; North Tyneside median median 1.5
  7. 2020 2.1; North Tyneside median median 1.5
  8. 2019 2.1; North Tyneside median median 1.4
  9. 2018 1.7; North Tyneside median median 1.5
  10. 2017 1.7; North Tyneside median median 1.5
  11. 2016 1.5; North Tyneside median median 1.5
  12. 2015 1.8; North Tyneside median median 1.5
  13. 2014 1.8; North Tyneside median median 1.4
More applications per place than the North Tyneside median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • North Tyneside median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261884332.32461.31
Sep 20251893742.02141.13
Sep 20241803702.12071.15
Sep 20231813421.91901.05
Sep 20221803742.11780.99
Sep 20211813562.01690.93
Sep 20201813742.12141.18
Sep 20191813852.12551.41
Sep 20181702831.71590.94
Sep 20171502591.71420.95
Sep 20161562401.51490.96
Sep 20151071951.81050.98
Sep 20141232201.81160.94

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

179 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)55.02nd of 11 in North Tyneside
Grade 5 or above in English and maths66%2nd of 11 in North Tyneside
Grade 4 or above in English and maths81%
  • This school
  • North Tyneside median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.41
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)17955.066%81%–
2024/2517455.160%85%–
2023/2417753.761%81%+0.41
2022/2317756.267%87%+0.36

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Foundation school
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
108627 · 392/4006
Trust
The North Tyneside Learning Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
905 pupils · 1,014 on roll
Free school meals
17.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Hartington Road, Cullercoats, North Shields, NE30 3RZ
Local authority
North Tyneside

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources