The Marlborough Science Academy is a secondary school located in St Albans. 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 28/03/2014. The overall pupil absence from this school is 6.5%, which is 2.5 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Watling Street, St Albans, AL1 2QA
Website: http://www.themarlboroughscienceacademy.co.uk/
Telephone: 01727856874
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Hertfordshire
Headteacher / Principal: Ms Annie Thomson
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 138042

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 28/03/2014

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1250
Number of Pupils: 1284
Number of Boys: 685
Number of Girls: 599

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 6.5% 4%
Persistent absence: 20.1% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Below Average: -0.4 Confidence interval -0.58 to -0.22
Of the 196 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 188 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:44%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:99%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:35%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:42.2
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.7
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
3out of 4Muriel Green Nursery School
Church Crescent, AL3 5JB
2,060 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
3out of 4St Adrian Roman Catholic Primary School
Watling View, AL1 2PB
425 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
3out of 4Mandeville Primary School
Mandeville Drive, AL1 2LE
700 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
3out of 4Killigrew Primary and Nursery School
West Avenue, AL2 3HD
914 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
3out of 4Prae Wood Primary School
King Harry Lane, AL3 4HZ
1,127 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
4out of 4The Abbey Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Albans
Grove Road, AL1 1DQ
1,223 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
3out of 4The Marlborough Science Academy
Watling Street, AL1 2QA
0 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
4out of 4Loreto College
Hatfield Road, AL1 3RQ
2,296 yd Academy converter No Girls More About School
3out of 4Verulam School
Brampton Road, AL1 4PR
3,233 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Boys More About School

All-through

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
3out of 4Samuel Ryder Academy
Drakes Drive, AL1 5AR
2,882 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
- not ratedSt Columba's College
King Harry Lane, AL3 4AW
600 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School
3out of 4Watling View School
Watling View, AL1 2NU
703 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School
- not ratedSt Albans School
Abbey Gateway, AL3 4HB
1,546 yd Other independent school No Boys More About School
- not ratedSt Albans Independent College
69 London Road, AL1 1LN
1,739 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School
- not ratedSt Albans High School for Girls
Townsend Avenue, St Albans AL1 3SJ
2,582 yd Other independent school No Girls More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.