John Spence Community High School
Secondary schoolJohn Spence Community High School is a secondary school in North Tyneside, for pupils aged 11 to 16. It had 872 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Requires improvement (overall), June 2023, before the school changed
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 6 June 2023
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at John Spence Community High School was 43.0, against 46.4 in North Tyneside and 46.2 in England.
40% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | North Tyneside | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 43.0 | 46.4 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 40% | 45.2% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 57.6% | 64.6% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 165 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Southlands SchoolSpecial. Good (overall), May 2024300 m
- Monkhouse Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), September 2023. 87% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)670 m
- King Edward Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade. 48% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)790 m
- Marden High SchoolSecondary. Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 55.0 (2025/26, provisional)840 m
- Preston Grange Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, June 2024. 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)860 m
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, CullercoatsPrimary. Standards maintained, March 2025. 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in North Tyneside
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).