Marling School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
School rating
Good
Nov 19 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Boys
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Gloucestershire
Unique reference
137123
Address
Cainscross Road, GL5 4HE

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1117 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
91.9%
Girls
8.1%
First language not English
11.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
3.8%
Persistent absence
9.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
4.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 66.9%
Indian 8.1%
Mixed 7.3%
Other White 4.6%
Unclassified 3.3%
Other Asian 3.2%
African 2.3%
Chinese 1.5%
Pakistani 0.7%
Other 0.5%
Irish 0.4%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Other Black 0.4%
Caribbean 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 41%
Local authority average 31%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 98%
Local authority average 53%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 73.6
Local authority average 50.2
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 6.56
Local authority average 4.39
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)21
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE2
Art & DesignGCSE16
BiologyGCSE140
Business Studies:SingleGCSE51
ChemistryGCSE140
ChineseGCSE2
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE28
Design & TechnologyGCSE67
English LanguageGCSE159
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Marling School

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
150
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
149
2nd preference
64
3rd preference
146
From another Local Authority
145
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
108
2nd preference
23
3rd preference
17
To another Local Authority
57
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 classes22.4
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
152
152
0
Year 8
157
157
0
Year 9
159
159
0
Year 10
153
153
0
Year 11
159
159
0
Year 12
154
116
38
Year 13
183
130
53
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
96.0%
84.1%
85.5%
Further education
2.0%
25.3%
36.9%
School sixth form
78.0%
47.4%
35.2%
Sixth form college
13.0%
11.2%
12.9%
Other education destinations
3.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
0.0%
4.2%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
4.3%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
0.0%
4.9%
5.7%
Destination unknown
3.0%
2.4%
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
75.0%
58.5%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
45.0%
22.3%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
1.8%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
2.9%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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