Marsden Heights Community College
About the school
Marsden Heights Community College is an open secondary school in Lancashire.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 3 October 2023
- Published
- 26 November 2023
- Inspection type
- Academy First Section 5
- Latest outcome
- Good
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 40.3
- Lancashire
- 45.1
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Lancashire
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 33.30%
- Lancashire
- 43.50%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 53.80%
- Lancashire
- 63.90%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 15.70%
- Lancashire
- 34.30%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 3.35
- Lancashire
- 3.95
- 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
1048
Girls
47.42%
Boys
52.58%
SEN support
17.65%
Education, health and care plan
2.58%
English as an additional language
90.20%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
33.49%
Overall absence
7.94
Persistent absence
21.58
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
208
Sustained education or employment
90%
Education
88%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
Less than 0.5%
Not sustained
6%