Marsden Heights Community College
Secondary schoolMarsden Heights Community College is a secondary school in Pendle, for pupils aged 11 to 16. It had 1,047 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Good (overall), October 2023
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 3 October 2023
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
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 Marsden Heights Community College was 41.5, against 39.3 in Pendle and 46.2 in England.
41.1% 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 | Pendle | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 41.5 | 39.3 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 41.1% | 32.6% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 57.4% | 54% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 209 | – | – |
- 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- Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyPrimary. Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met. 86% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)440 m
- Nelson St Paul's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, February 2025. 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)470 m
- St John Southworth RC Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyPrimary. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met. 18% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)670 m
- Woodfield Nursery SchoolNursery. Standards maintained, April 2025700 m
- Marsden Community Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, March 2023. 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)760 m
- Pendle Primary AcademyPrimary. Report card, November 2025: safeguarding met. 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)800 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Pendle
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).