St John's Marlborough

Academy converter·Secondary school Marlborough, Wiltshire·SN8 4AX
Composite score
63.6
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National rank
#65
In South West
#6
In Wiltshire
Top 26%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
50.9
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
57%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
72%
% EBacc grade 5+
33%
EBacc average points score
4.75

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
85%
308 first choices, 265 places
First choices per place
1.16
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
373
any preference, for 265 places
Applications from another council area
12%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.12
00.511.5
1 per place
1.1620221.1020231.1820241.0420251.162026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Wiltshire does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Year 7 place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for St John's Marlborough. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,712
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
12.5%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
4.6%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.4%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
2.6%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
9.6%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
28.4%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.7
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,165
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
95%
261 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
92%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
2%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Location

About St John's Marlborough

St John's Marlborough is a secondary school in Marlborough, Wiltshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 1,712 pupils aged 11 to 18 attend the school. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 50.9 — above the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 2.5 points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 26% of secondary schools nationally.

57% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well above the national average of about 45%. 72% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. St John's Marlborough is oversubscribed: about 9 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, with 308 first choices for 265 places. After Year 11, 95% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 9.6%. There are about 18.7 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 12% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. St John's Marlborough does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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