Marsden Heights Community College is a mixed 11-16 comprehensive school

Comprehensive school

A comprehensive school is a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of a selection criteria. The term is commonly used in relation to the United...

 in Brierfield, Lancashire

Lancashire

Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston...

, England

England

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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

Edge End High School

Edge End High School was a secondary school for 11 - 16 year olds, in Nelson, Lancashire. The school closed its doors for the last time in June 2006 as part of the UK Government's Building Schools for the Future project...

 and Mansfield High School

Mansfield High School (Lancashire, England)

Mansfield High School was a secondary school for 11 - 16 year olds, in Brierfield, Lancashire.The school closed its doors for the last time in June 2006 as part of the UK Government's Building Schools for the Future project...

; 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%). 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

Key Stage 2

Key Stage 2 is the legal term for the four years of schooling in maintained schools in England and Wales normally known as Year 3, Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6, when pupils are aged between 7 and 11. The term is applied differently in Northern Ireland where it refers to pupils in Year 5, Year 6 and...

 and the end of Key Stage 4

Key Stage 4

Key Stage 4 is the legal term for the two years of school education which incorporate GCSEs, and other exams, in maintained schools in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland—normally known as Year 10 and Year 11 in England and Wales, and Year 11 and Year 12 in Northern Ireland, when pupils are...

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