The Marsh Academy
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary, 16 plus
- Ofsted rating
- Good Nov 16 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
- Website
- www.marshacademy.org.uk
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%
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%
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
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Health Studies | Technical Award | 36 |
Art & Design | GCSE | 43 |
Business Studies:Single | GCSE | 59 |
Social Science: Citizenship | GCSE | 1 |
Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 27 |
Design & Technology | GCSE | 1 |
English Language | GCSE | 172 |
English Literature | GCSE | 172 |
French | GCSE | 28 |
Geography | GCSE | 59 |
Admissions
The Marsh Academy
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 175
- Status
- Not oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 154
- 2nd preference
- 47
- 3rd preference
- 28
- From another Local Authority
- 1
Offers
- 1st preference
- 154
- 2nd preference
- 12
- 3rd preference
- 4
- To another Local Authority
- 1
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 19.6 |
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 |
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% |
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% |