Marriotts School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 10 2021 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Hertfordshire
Unique reference
117534
Address
Brittain Way, SG2 8UT

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1410 (94% of total capacity)
Boys
50.8%
Girls
49.2%
First language not English
17.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
28.9%
Persistent absence
24.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
18.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 66.8%
Mixed 10.4%
Other White 9.9%
African 4.4%
Bangladeshi 1.5%
Indian 1.4%
Other Asian 1.4%
Pakistani 0.9%
Other 0.9%
Caribbean 0.8%
Chinese 0.6%
Other Black 0.5%
Irish 0.4%
Unclassified 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 30%
Local authority average 47%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 39%
Local authority average 53%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 42.4
Local authority average 50.5
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.66
Local authority average 4.55
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award114
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award31
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award11
Health StudiesTechnical Award56
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award8
Speech & DramaTechnical Award19
Sports StudiesTechnical Award94
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE3
Art & DesignGCSE38
BiologyGCSE22
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Marriotts School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
228
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
273
2nd preference
263
3rd preference
101
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
186
2nd preference
40
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.6
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
240
116
124
Year 8
240
123
117
Year 9
240
131
109
Year 10
231
115
116
Year 11
236
129
107
Year 12
116
51
65
Year 13
107
51
56
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
91.3%
85.5%
Further education
39.0%
30.4%
36.9%
School sixth form
46.0%
58.5%
35.2%
Sixth form college
0.0%
1.9%
12.9%
Other education destinations
SP
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
4.0%
1.7%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
1.7%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
3.4%
5.7%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.9%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
56.0%
62.8%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
14.0%
23.6%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
2.3%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
4.0%
3.1%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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