Marsden Heights Community College

Coordinates: 53°49′36″N 2°13′46″W / 53.8267°N 2.2294°W / 53.8267; -2.2294

Marsden Heights Community College

Established	2006
Type	Community
Religion	Non-denominational
Headteacher	Mr Mike J Tull
Chairman of Governors	Rev Ed Saville
Location	Edge End Lane Brierfield Lancashire BB9 0PR England
Local authority	Lancashire County Council
DfE URN	134990
Ofsted	Reports
Staff	101
Students	784
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	11–16
Houses	Weets, Blacko, Pendle,Boulsworth.
Colours	Yellow, Blue, Red, Green.
Website	Official website

Marsden Heights Community College is a mixed 11-16 comprehensive school in Brierfield, Lancashire, England.

History

The school opened in September 2006 as part of the first wave of a nationwide 10-15 year programme of capital investment funded by the Department for Education and Skills called Building Schools for the Future. It currently occupies the sites of the former Edge End High School and Mansfield High School; its new buildings, scheduled for completion in 2010, will be on a single site at the Bent Head playing fields nearby, situated in Brierfield. Also in 2009 They opened the Bent head school and the students from Mansfield High and Edge End High and made it a giant school Once again. :D

Attainment

In 2011, 85% of Year 11 students achieved 5 A*-C GCSE passes including English Language and Mathematics (national average 65.3%).^[1] The school's value-added measure was 971.8 (national average 1000), which placed it in the high 78% nationally for adding value between the end of Key Stage 2 and the end of Key Stage 4.^[2]

References

1. ^ www.bbc.co.uk. Accessed 12 April 2008.
2. ^ www.bbc.co.uk. Accessed 12 April 2008.

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