John Spence Community High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · North Shields, North Tyneside
Last distance offered · Year 7 2025
6.29 miles
Published by North Tyneside Council · offers on 3 March 2025
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John Spence Community High School is a secondary school in North Shields, North Tyneside for ages 11–16 (academy converter). North Tyneside has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 entry.
John Spence Community 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 | 6.29 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Year 7 2025: the last child offered a place lived 6.29 miles away, 3rd longest of 9 North Tyneside secondary schools with a published Year 7 2025 last distance.
- 29% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths in 2024/25 (England 45%); the Attainment 8 score was 41 (England 46).
- For Year 7 2026, 104 first-choice applications for 166 offers: 102 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 51.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest secondary schools in North Tyneside is 25.5%.
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
- Preston Road, North Shields, NE29 9PU
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- North Tyneside
- Pupils on roll
- 872 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 51.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 29% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 41 | 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: 104 first-preference applications, 166 offers in total, 102 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.
- Marden High School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Monkseaton High School 0.8 mi Not judged
- St Thomas More Catholic High School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Norham High School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Whitley Bay High School 1.9 mi Outstanding
- Churchill Academy 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Burnside College 3.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- George Stephenson High School 4.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published