Marshland High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
May 9 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Norfolk
Unique reference
142396
Address
School Road, West Walton, PE14 7HA

Pupils

Number of Pupils
824 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
50.8%
Girls
49.2%
First language not English
16.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
25.4%
Persistent absence
30.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
17.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 78.2%
Other White 15.3%
Mixed 1.7%
Gypsy/Roma 1.3%
Unclassified 1%
Other 0.8%
African 0.6%
Indian 0.5%
Chinese 0.4%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.43
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.01
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 16%
Local authority average 42%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 40%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45.2
Local authority average 44.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.82
Local authority average 3.97
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award24
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)5
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE21
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE32
BiologyGCSE28
Business Studies:SingleGCSE52
ChemistryGCSE28
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE14
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE25
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Marshland High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
157
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
202
2nd preference
110
3rd preference
9
From another Local Authority
158
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
147
2nd preference
10
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
29
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 classes25.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
169
89
80
Year 8
170
90
80
Year 9
163
81
82
Year 10
158
71
87
Year 11
164
88
76
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
77.0%
85.0%
86.5%
Further education
55.0%
41.4%
34.7%
School sixth form
20.0%
35.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
7.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
7.0%
5.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
3.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
11.0%
5.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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