Marsden Primary School

About Marsden Primary School

Marsden Primary School holds a Good rating from Ofsted, a significant improvement from its previous Requires Improvement judgement. The school’s most recent graded inspection in 2014 awarded it Good overall, with leadership and management also rated Good, and an ungraded inspection in 2023 confirmed the school remains Good. The most telling exam metric is the proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined: 69% of Year 6 pupils achieved this benchmark in the 2023/24 academic year. That places Marsden above the South Tyneside local authority average of 64%, and ranks it 14th out of 37 primary schools in the area. The school sits in the top 50 nationally for this measure, with a ranking score of 69.

Looking more closely at the KS2 results, Marsden’s pupils perform particularly strongly in reading and maths. 91% reached the expected standard in reading, with 44% achieving a higher standard, and 91% also met the expected standard in maths, with 22% at the higher level. The average scaled scores were 108 in reading and 107 in maths, both comfortably above the national benchmark of 100. Writing is a relative weaker spot: 72% reached the expected standard and just 6% achieved the higher standard. Progress scores are not available in the data, so it is not possible to say how much value the school adds compared with pupils nationally. Nationally, Marsden ranks in the 34th percentile among all primary schools for its combined expected standard performance, and in the 36th percentile within the North East region.

Marsden Primary is a state-funded, mixed primary school for children aged 3 to 11, with a nursery provision on site. It has capacity for 210 pupils and currently has 203 on roll, with 27.6% eligible for free school meals. The school is oversubscribed: for the 2025/26 intake, it received 41 applications for 24 places, with 20 first-preference offers made. Facilities include playing fields, an outdoor playground, an ICT suite, a forest school, a sensory room and a chapel. The school offers a range of clubs including drama, science, coding, eco club, film club and choir, plus sports such as rounders, athletics, tennis and gymnastics. Its SEND provisions are broad, covering specific learning difficulties, moderate learning difficulty, social emotional and mental health needs, speech language and communication needs, hearing and visual impairments, physical disability and autistic spectrum disorder. This makes it a strong option for families in South Tyneside seeking a well-supported, academically solid primary with a clear upward trajectory.

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