The Marsh Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 15 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Kent
Unique reference
135290
Address
Station Road, TN28 8BB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1027 (94% of total capacity)
Boys
49.9%
Girls
50.1%
First language not English
2.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
31.1%
Persistent absence
33.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
22.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 92.4%
Mixed 2.3%
Other White 1.6%
Unclassified 0.9%
Indian 0.6%
Gypsy/Roma 0.5%
Other 0.5%
African 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Irish Traveller 0.3%
Other Asian 0.2%
Caribbean 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.1
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 6%
Local authority average 40%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 23%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 37.6
Local authority average 47
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.02
Local authority average 4.12
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award36
Art & DesignGCSE43
Business Studies:SingleGCSE59
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE27
Design & TechnologyGCSE1
English LanguageGCSE172
English LiteratureGCSE172
FrenchGCSE28
GeographyGCSE59
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Marsh Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
175
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
154
2nd preference
47
3rd preference
28
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
154
2nd preference
12
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes19.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
194
106
88
Year 8
179
88
91
Year 9
188
92
96
Year 10
170
89
81
Year 11
154
77
77
Year 12
69
29
40
Year 13
70
30
40
Year 14
3
1
2
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
80.0%
87.7%
86.5%
Further education
27.0%
25.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
48.0%
60.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
5.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
4.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
2.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
4.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
56.0%
61.7%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
3.0%
19.5%
19.7%
Russell Group
3.0%
16.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.3%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.4%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020