Marlwood School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 8 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
South Gloucestershire
Unique reference
141341
Address
Vattingstone Lane, Alveston, BS35 3LA

Pupils

Number of Pupils
544 (55% of total capacity)
Boys
56.6%
Girls
43.4%
First language not English
8.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
14%
Persistent absence
23.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 86%
Other White 7%
Mixed 3.7%
Other Asian 0.9%
Other 0.9%
African 0.6%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Pakistani 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.21
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.02
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 67%
Local authority average 26%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 38%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45.1
Local authority average 45.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.19
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE17
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE26
BiologyGCSE31
Business Studies:SingleGCSE27
ChemistryGCSE31
English LanguageGCSE78
English LiteratureGCSE77
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE29
GeographyGCSE37
HistoryGCSE45
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Marlwood School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
103
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
80
2nd preference
65
3rd preference
25
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
80
2nd preference
4
3rd preference
3
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 classes27.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
118
67
51
Year 8
113
74
39
Year 9
113
63
50
Year 10
109
48
61
Year 11
91
56
35
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
89.0%
83.0%
86.5%
Further education
40.0%
34.1%
34.7%
School sixth form
42.0%
37.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
6.0%
11.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.4%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
5.8%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
6.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
4.3%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.9%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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