Marden High School
Secondary · Foundation school · Ages 11–16 · North Shields, North Tyneside
Last distance offered · Year 7 2025
1.94 miles
Published by North Tyneside Council · offers on 3 March 2025
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Marden High School is a secondary school in North Shields, North Tyneside for ages 11–16 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 22 September 2022. North Tyneside has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 entry.
Marden High School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2025 | 1.94 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 entry in 2026, there were 246 first-choice applications for 188 offers; 183 offers went to first-choice families, and 63 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2025, the last child offered a Year 7 place lived 1.94 miles away, the 4th shortest of 9 North Tyneside secondary schools with a published last distance.
- In 2024/25, 60% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other North Tyneside schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Hartington Road, Cullercoats, North Shields, NE30 3RZ
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- North Tyneside
- Pupils on roll
- 1,014 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 22 September 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to be part of Marden’s school community.”
- “They understand and value the school’s ethos of ‘hope, agency, leadership’.”
- “Pupils feel part of a safe, welcoming and supportive community.”
To improve
- “Leaders know that some pupils have gaps in important knowledge and skills in reading, handwriting and mathematics.”
- “Currently, leaders do not consistently check to ensure that this training time always focuses sharply on whole-school priorities and has positive impact.”
- “Pupils learn about different world faiths, but some pupils in key stage 4 are not secure in their understanding of these.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 September 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 60% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 55.1 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 246 first-preference applications, 188 offers in total, 183 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in North Tyneside.
- John Spence Community High School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Monkseaton High School 0.9 mi Not judged
- St Thomas More Catholic High School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Whitley Bay High School 1.7 mi Outstanding
- Norham High School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Churchill Academy 3.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Burnside College 3.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- George Stephenson High School 5.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published