Marden High School

Term dates

Foundation schools can set their own term dates. Many follow North Tyneside council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

See North Tyneside's full dates

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

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How places are given: there's no entrance test. When there are more applicants than places, places usually go by criteria such as siblings, distance or catchment area. Check the council's or school's admissions policy for the exact rules.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 246 families put this school as their first choice, and 188 places were offered. 183 of the families who put it first got a place (74%). More families put it first than there were places.

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Ofsted inspection

Report card, 7 July 2026. Ofsted now grades each area separately, from exceptional to urgent improvement, with no single overall grade.

Inclusion

Strong standard

Curriculum and teaching

Expected standard

Achievement

Strong standard

Attendance and behaviour

Strong standard

Personal development and wellbeing

Expected standard

Leadership and governance

Expected standard

Safeguarding standards: met.

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Foundation school

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–16

Pupils

1014 (capacity 905)

Gender

Mixed

Academy trust

The North Tyneside Learning Trust

Phone

01912962771

Address

Hartington Road, Cullercoats, North Shields, NE30 3RZ

Website

mardenhigh.net

Official school record, including Ofsted reports