UK Schools
Marsden Heights Community College
Marsden Heights Community College is a mixed secondary academy in Nelson, Lancashire County Council, teaching 1,047 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted rated it Good at its last graded inspection in October 2023. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 40.3 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 3 September 2025 to 17 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Marsden Heights Community College.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Marsden Heights Community College.
- 1–2 INSET Days – School closed to students
- 3 Students return for Autumn term
- 24 Closure after school
- 27–31 Autumn Half Term Holiday
- 3 INSET Day – School closed to students
- 4 School re-opens for students
- 28 INSET Day – School closed to students
- 19 End of Autumn Term – Closure after school
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 25 Christmas Day
- 26 Boxing Day
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday
- 1 New Year’s Day
- 5 INSET Day – School closed to students
- 6 Students return for Spring term
- 13 Closure after school
- 16–20 Spring Half Term Holiday
- 23 School re-opens to students
- 27 End of Spring Term – Closure after school
- 30–31 Easter Holiday
- 1–10 Easter Holiday
- 3 Good Friday
- 6 Easter Monday
- 13 INSET Day – School closed to students
- 14 Students return for Summer term
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday – School closed
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 22 Closure after school
- 25–29 Summer Half Term Holiday
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday
- 1 School re-opens to students
- 26 INSET Day – School closed to students
- 17 End of Summer Term – Closure after school
- 18–31 Summer Holiday
- 20 INSET Day – School closed to students
- 1–31 Summer Holiday
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- INSET Days – School closed to students September 1-2, 2025 Inset Day
- Students return for Autumn term September 3, 2025 Term
- Closure after school October 24, 2025 Event
- Autumn Half Term Holiday October 27-31, 2025 Holiday
- INSET Day – School closed to students November 3, 2025 Inset Day
- School re-opens for students November 4, 2025 Event
- INSET Day – School closed to students November 28, 2025 Inset Day
- End of Autumn Term – Closure after school December 19, 2025 Term
- INSET Day – School closed to students January 5, 2026 Inset Day
- Students return for Spring term January 6, 2026 Term
- Closure after school February 13, 2026 Event
- Spring Half Term Holiday February 16-20, 2026 Holiday
- School re-opens to students February 23, 2026 Event
- End of Spring Term – Closure after school March 27, 2026 Term
- INSET Day – School closed to students April 13, 2026 Inset Day
- Students return for Summer term April 14, 2026 Term
- Early May Bank Holiday – School closed May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Closure after school May 22, 2026 Event
- Summer Half Term Holiday May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
- School re-opens to students June 1, 2026 Event
- INSET Day – School closed to students June 26, 2026 Inset Day
- End of Summer Term – Closure after school July 17, 2026 Term
- INSET Day – School closed to students July 20, 2026 Inset Day
- Christmas Holiday December 22, 2025 - January 2, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holiday March 30, 2026 - April 10, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Holiday July 18, 2026 - August 31, 2026 Holiday
- New Year’s Day January 1, 2026 Event
- Good Friday April 3, 2026 Event
- Easter Monday April 6, 2026 Holiday
- Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Bank Holiday August 31, 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Day December 25, 2025 Holiday
- Boxing Day December 26, 2025 Event
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Marsden Heights Community College with Lancashire County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 40.3 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Lancashire County Council England
Attendance 21.6% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Lancashire County Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 90% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
This school Lancashire County Council England
About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Marsden Heights Community College. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Marsden Heights Community College than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.