The Marvell College

Academy sponsor led·Secondary school Kingston upon Hull, City of·HU9 4EE
Composite score
50.8
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National rank
#232
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#7
In Kingston upon Hull, City of
Top 77%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
40.6
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
25%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
48%
% EBacc grade 5+
11%
EBacc average points score
3.39

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
86%
267 first choices, 248 places
First choices per place
1.08
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
482
any preference, for 248 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.09
00.511.52
1 per place
1.0220221.2220231.3520241.1720251.082026

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

Kingston upon Hull, City of 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 The Marvell College. 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
11–16
Pupils on roll
1,237
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
46.6%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
7.5%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.6%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
4.0%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
10.4%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
31.8%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
13.8
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£9,041
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
87%
215 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
73%
Apprenticeship
10%
Employment
3%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

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Location

About The Marvell College

The Marvell College is a secondary school in Kingston upon Hull, City of, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. Around 1,237 pupils aged 11 to 16 attend the school. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 40.6 — below the national average (national average: 46). Performance is little changed year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

25% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. 48% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. The Marvell College 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 267 first choices for 248 places. After Year 11, 87% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 10.4%. There are about 13.8 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 47% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. The Marvell College 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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