James Calvert Spence College is a secondary school located in Morpeth. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 17/10/2018. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading, progress in writing and progress in maths are well below average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.7%, which is 1.7 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Acklington Road, Morpeth

School Information

Address: Acklington Road, Morpeth, NE65 0NG
Website: www.jcsc.co.uk
Telephone: 01665710636
School Type: Community school
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Northumberland
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Neil Rodgers
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 122363

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 17/10/2018

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 9 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1049
Number of Pupils: 726
Number of Boys: 365
Number of Girls: 361

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.7% 4%
Persistent absence: 13.3% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Well Below Average: -4.9 Confidence interval -6.1 to -3.8
Writing
Well Below Average: -7.3 Confidence interval -8.4 to -6.3
Maths
Well Below Average: -6.6 Confidence interval -7.6 to -5.5

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:27%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:1%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:99
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:98
England Average:105

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: -0.02 Confidence interval -0.31 to 0.26
Of the 81 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 79 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:11%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:92%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:38%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:45.5
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.7
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Amble First School
Edwin Street , Amble NE65 0EF 		2out of 4 671 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Amble Links First School
Links Avenue , Links Estate NE65 0SA 		3out of 4 1,680 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
NCEA Warkworth Church of England Primary School
Guilden Road , Warkworth NE65 0TJ 		- not rated 2,011 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Broomhill First School
Station Road , NE65 9UT 		3out of 4 3,098 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
James Calvert Spence College
Acklington Road , Amble NE65 0NG 		2out of 4 0 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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