- Marsden Heights Community College
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Coordinates: 53°49′36″N 2°13′46″W / 53.8267°N 2.2294°W
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
EnglandLocal 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
- ^ www.bbc.co.uk. Accessed 12 April 2008.
- ^ www.bbc.co.uk. Accessed 12 April 2008.
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