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John Spence Community High School: data, trends and context

John Spence Community High School is a secondary school in North Tyneside. 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
150195
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy converter
Status
Open
Local authority
North Tyneside
Region
North East
Trust
PELE TRUST
Postcode
NE29 9PU
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
None
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
872
FSM eligible
51.3%
EAL / First language other than English
5.6%
SEND (total)
23.7%
SEN Support
19.4%
EHCP
4.4%
White British
89.0%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
90.5%
Overall absence
9.5%
Persistent absence
25.1%
Severe absence
3.9%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
North TynesideLocal authority91.7%8.3%3.3%
North EastRegion90.7%9.3%4.3%
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
26.1%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
10.3%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.86%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
41.0
English & maths grade 5+
28.6%
English & maths grade 4+
50.0%

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

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John Spence Community High School is a secondary school in North Tyneside. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.