Secondary
John Spence Community High School
Preston Road, North Shields, NE29 9PU
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 872 of 885 places
- Local authority
- North Tyneside
- SEN provision
- MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Trust
- PELE TRUST
Ofsted
Last inspected June 2023
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
29%
41.0
4th of 4 by our score, among the secondary schools in North Shields we can score - 5 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 41 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.46 |
| Entered the EBacc | 7% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 50% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 29% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Preston Road, North Shields, NE29 9PU
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
North Tyneside admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Jonathan Heath
- Address
- Preston Road, North Shields, NE29 9PU
- Telephone
- 01912961432