Burnside College
Foundation school · sixth form · 995 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.2
Foundation school
Marden High School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,014of 905 places
- Free school meals
- 17.7%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 174
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 22 September 2022Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Marden High School has no sixth form. Of the 177 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 40% to a further education college and 7% started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 55.1 against 46.1 across England and 46.0 in North Tyneside, with 60% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Media Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 22% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils across England.
As an 11–16 school, Marden High School is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in North Tyneside and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Marden High School | North Tyneside | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 177 | 2,044 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 95% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 86% | 83% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 46% | 40% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| — further education college | 40% | 40% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 7% | 6% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 4% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 1% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Marden High School | North Tyneside | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 55.1 | 46.0 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 60% | 43% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 85% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 13% | 29% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.65 | 3.98 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 13% | 26% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 49.2 | 33.6 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 56.1 | 50.4 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 2% | 7% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Literature | 174 | 100% | 86% | 30% | 21% | 93% |
| English Language | 174 | 100% | 89% | 29% | 20% | 83% |
| Mathematics | 174 | 100% | 88% | 23% | 22% | 87% |
| Combined Science | 133 | 76% | 65% | 5% | 9% | 77% |
| History | 86 | 49% | 41% | 42% | 26% | 76% |
| Geography | 64 | 37% | 41% | 25% | 25% | 70% |
| Physical Education | 54 | 31% | 11% | 20% | 24% | 76% |
| Physics | 41 | 24% | 23% | 56% | 46% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 41 | 24% | 23% | 71% | 47% | 100% |
| Biology | 41 | 24% | 23% | 71% | 45% | 100% |
| Media Studies | 39 | 22% | 4% | 46% | 20% | 97% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 29 | 17% | 8% | 14% | 21% | 79% |
| Business Studies | 28 | 16% | 18% | 25% | 20% | 75% |
| Fine Art | 26 | 15% | 9% | 54% | 28% | 96% |
| Computer Science | 25 | 14% | 13% | 36% | 30% | 68% |
| French | 24 | 14% | 18% | 71% | 29% | 92% |
| Photography | 22 | 13% | 6% | 14% | 19% | 100% |
| Design and Technology | 20 | 11% | 11% | 45% | 23% | 90% |
| Religious Studies | 19 | 11% | 31% | 68% | 32% | 100% |
| German | 13 | 7% | 5% | 38% | 33% | 77% |
| Drama | 12 | 7% | 7% | 0% | 27% | 50% |
| Chinese | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Spanish | 1 | 1% | 19% | — | 27% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering Studies | 25 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 19 | — | — |
| Tourism | 9 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 6 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in North Tyneside
Churchill Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form
75% stayed in education · Attainment 8 40.4
George Stephenson High School
Foundation school · sixth form · 1,233 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.0
John Spence Community High School
Academy converter · 872 pupils
79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.0
Kings Priory School
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,549 pupils
93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 57.1
Longbenton High School
Foundation school · sixth form · 995 pupils
75% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.7
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.