Marsden Heights Community College
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Nelson, Lancashire
Marsden Heights Community College is a secondary school in Nelson, Lancashire for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 3 October 2023.
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Catchment area for Marsden Heights Community College
- The council’s catchment or priority area for this school, on the map
- Earlier years of applications and offers
- Earlier exam results, 2022/23 to 2023/24
- Where pupils go after they leave
- Crime, sold prices and rents, broadband and transport around the school
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Key facts
- Address
- Edge End Lane, Nelson, BB9 0PR
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Lancashire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,047 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 35.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 3 October 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils feel happy and safe at this friendly and welcoming school.”
- “They spoke enthusiastically about how they champion the diversity of their school community.”
- “Pupils and staff are immensely proud of the improvements made to this school in recent years.”
To improve
- “In a small number of subjects, the school’s curriculum thinking is at an earlier stage.”
- “In these subjects, some pupils’ outcomes do not reflect the more recent improvements made to the curriculum.”
- “In subjects where teachers are in the process of defining the essential knowledge that they want pupils to learn, the school’s approaches to assessment are underdeveloped.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 November 2023 (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) | 33% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 40.3 | 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: 209 first-preference applications, 205 offers in total, 186 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 Lancashire.
- Pendle Vale College 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade
- Sir John Thursby Community College 1.6 mi Good
- Ss John Fisher and Thomas More Roman Catholic High School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade
- Colne Primet Academy 2.1 mi Requires improvement
- Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade
- Unity College 3.1 mi Requires improvement
- Burnley High School 3.6 mi No Ofsted grade
- Shuttleworth College 3.7 mi Not judged