SCHOOL PROFILE

Marsden Heights Community College: data, trends and context

Marsden Heights Community College is a secondary school in Lancashire. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
146276
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy sponsor led
Status
Open
Local authority
Lancashire
Region
North West
Trust
UNITED LEARNING TRUST
Postcode
BB9 0PR
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
1,047
FSM eligible
35.4%
EAL / First language other than English
84.8%
SEND (total)
17.8%
SEN Support
14.7%
EHCP
3.1%
White British
3.7%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
92.1%
Overall absence
7.9%
Persistent absence
21.6%
Severe absence
2.2%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
LancashireLocal authority91.5%8.5%2.8%
North WestRegion91.2%8.8%3.8%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
12.1%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
8.2%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.00%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
40.3
English & maths grade 5+
33.3%
English & maths grade 4+
53.8%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

See Marsden Heights Community College against 25 similar schools

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Marsden Heights Community College is a secondary school in Lancashire. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.