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Great Marlow School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 49 49.2 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C C 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
49.2 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
49.2% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
8.1% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.02 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 47.9[6] 47.6%[6]
2023/24 46.4[4] 43%[4] -0.02[4]
2022/23 45.3[7] 37%[7] +0.08[7]
2021/22 50[8] 54%[8] 0.00[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
1.2% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 C[10] 5.2%[10]
2022/23 C[11] 3.3%[11]
2021/22 C+[12] 7.1%[12]
2018/19 C[13] 3.3%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
94% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
49% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
17% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
20% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[14]
Employment
5% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 93%[15] 51%[15] 20%[15] 15%[15] 1%[15] 3%[15]
2020/21 94%[16] 49%[16] 16%[16] 19%[16] 1%[16] 8%[16]
2019/20 96%[17] 64%[17] 6%[17] 21%[17] 3%[17]
2018/19 96%[18] 54%[18] 13%[18] 20%[18] 2%[18] 5%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
92% 2022/23[19]
Education
48% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
7% 2022/23[19]
Employment
36% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 89%[20] 58%[20] 3%[20] 28%[20]
2020/21 89%[21] 48%[21] 2%[21] 39%[21]
2019/20 87%[22] 61%[22] 0%[22] 26%[22]
2018/19 89%[23] 63%[23] 2%[23] 24%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
67% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
17% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
19% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 71%[26] 16%[26]
2019/20 73%[25] 15%[25] 19%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 75%[27] 12%[27] 10%[27] 1%[27]
2017/18 55%[28] 5%[28] 4%[28] 0%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
9 Nov 2022[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
15 Jan 2023[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
16 May 2017[30] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[30] No overall grade[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.9 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
655 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
242 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
225 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
1.1 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 609[31] 220[31] 224[31] 2.7[31] 1.0[31]
Entry Sept 2024 672[31] 257[31] 233[31] 2.9[31] 1.1[31]
Entry Sept 2023 610[31] 223[31] 230[31] 2.7[31] 1.0[31]
Entry Sept 2022 596[31] 239[31] 217[31] 2.7[31] 1.1[31]

Admissions

Application deadline, 11+ entry
31 Oct 2026 Entry Sept 2027[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1180[1]
Trust
MARLOW EDUCATION TRUST[1]
Local authority
Buckinghamshire[1]
Website
www.gms.bucks.sch.uk[1]
District
Buckinghamshire[33]
Postcode
SL7 1JE[1]
URN
136964[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1428 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
9.2% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
11.1% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
4.2% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
16.8% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
85.6%[35]
Mixed
6.9%[35]
Asian
5.4%[35]
Black
0.7%[35]
Any other ethnic group
0.8%[35]
Unclassified
0.6%[35]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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    The closing date for receipt of on line applications by the LA for admission into Year 7 in September 2027 is 31st October 2026. (p. 6)
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