John Spence Community High School
About the school
John Spence Community High School is an open secondary school in North Tyneside.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 6 June 2023
- Published
- 12 July 2023
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
- Latest outcome
- Requires improvement
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 41
- North Tyneside
- 46
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- North Tyneside
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 28.60%
- North Tyneside
- 43.20%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 50.00%
- North Tyneside
- 64.80%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 6.50%
- North Tyneside
- 29.20%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 3.46
- North Tyneside
- 3.98
- England
- 4.09
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
812
Girls
48.15%
Boys
51.85%
SEN support
15.64%
Education, health and care plan
4.31%
English as an additional language
4.60%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
49.14%
Overall absence
9.52
Persistent absence
25.09
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
156
Sustained education or employment
88%
Education
79%
Apprenticeship
7%
Employment
3%
Not sustained
9%