Great Marlow School is a secondary school located in Marlow. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 19/04/2013. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.8%, which is 1.8 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Bobmore Lane, Marlow, SL7 1JE
Website: www.gms.bucks.sch.uk
Telephone: 01628483752
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Buckinghamshire
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Kevin Ford
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 136964

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 19/04/2013

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1180
Number of Pupils: 1436
Number of Boys: 731
Number of Girls: 705

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.8% 4%
Persistent absence: 13.2% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: -0.02 Confidence interval -0.2 to 0.16
Of the 201 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 195 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:17%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:95%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:39%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:47.7
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.96
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Foxes Piece School
Newfield Road , SL7 1JW 		3out of 4 530 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Marlow Church of England Infant School
Sandygate Road , SL7 3AZ 		4out of 4 990 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Holy Trinity Church of England (Aided) School
Wethered Road , SL7 3AG 		4out of 4 1,064 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
St Peter's Catholic Primary School
Prospect Road , SL7 2PJ 		3out of 4 1,410 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Burford School
Marlow Bottom , SL7 3PQ 		3out of 4 1,682 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Great Marlow School
Bobmore Lane , SL7 1JE 		3out of 4 0 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Sir William Borlase's Grammar School
West Street , SL7 2BR 		4out of 4 1,748 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Jam Academy
Jam Theatre Studios , 45a West Street SL7 2LS 		- not rated 1,548 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School
Herries Preparatory School
Dean Lane , Cookham Dean SL6 9BD 		- not rated 2,352 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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