The Marsh Academy is a secondary school located in New Romney. 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 01/05/2013. The overall pupil absence from this school is 8%, which is 4 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Station Road, New Romney, TN28 8BB
Website: www.marshacademy.org.uk
Telephone: 01797364593
School Type: Academy sponsor led
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Kent
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Shaun Simmons
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 135290

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 01/05/2013

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1110
Number of Pupils: 1051
Number of Boys: 553
Number of Girls: 498

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 8% 4%
Persistent absence: 22.9% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Below Average: -0.5 Confidence interval -0.71 to -0.29
Of the 150 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 147 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:19%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:95%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:14%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:35.5
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:2.87
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Nicholas Church of England Primary Academy
Fairfield Road , TN28 8BP
3out of 4 527 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Greatstone Primary School
Baldwin Road , Greatstone TN28 8SY
3out of 4 2,804 yd Foundation school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Marsh Academy
Station Road , TN28 8BB
3out of 4 0 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Romney Resource 2000 Limited (Romney Resource Centre)
Unit 4 , Mountfield Road TN28 8LH
- not rated 420 yd Special post 16 institution Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.