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Great Marlow School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy
Bobmore Lane, Marlow SL7 1JE · gms.bucks.sch.uk · 01628 483752
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Nov 2022
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 47.9
- average Attainment 8 score. Buckinghamshire 53.4, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Buckinghamshire Council
- Demand for places
- 1.1
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,395
- 215 over 1,180 places · 118%
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 17%
- First language not English
- 9.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Buckinghamshire Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 242 families put the school first and 225 places were offered; 77% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 225 | 242 | 1.1▲ | 77% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 224 | 220 | 1 | 88% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 233 | 257 | 1.1▲ | 77% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 230 | 223 | 1 | 92% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 217 | 239 | 1.1▲ | 77% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 47.9, and 47.6% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Buckinghamshire it was 53.4, and across England 46.
In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C (29.6 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●47.9 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲47.6% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲70.1% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼18.2% | 40.5% | ||
| ●4.01 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 41.3 | −9.6 |
| Sixth form college | 23 | +2.6 |
| Further education | 22.6 | +7.8 |
| Other education | 0.9 | −1.7 |
| Apprenticeship | 2.2 | +1.3 |
| Employment | 2.6 | 0 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 3 | +0.8 |
| Activity not captured | 4.3 | −1.4 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2024/25 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 121 students | C (29.6) | Average -0.04 | |
| 121 students | C (29.6) | Average -0.04 | |
| 39 students | Merit+ (29) | Average -0.06 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 127 | C (31.4) | -0.01 |
| 2022/23 | 115 | C (30.6) | — |
| 2021/22 | 146 | C+ (34.6) | — |
| 2018/19 | 87 | C (30.4) | -0.08 |
| 2017/18 | 103 | C- (27) | -0.41 |
| 2016/17 | 100 | C- (28.2) | -0.21 |
| 2015/16 | 101 | C (29.8) | -0.03 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 45.7 | −10.6 |
| Further education | 1.4 | −0.5 |
| Apprenticeship | 3.6 | +1.1 |
| Employment | 31.9 | +5.3 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 10.9 | +2 |
| Activity not captured | 6.5 | +2.7 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 10 November 2022, Ofsted’s outcome for Great Marlow School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 9 Nov 2022
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Apr 2013
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Apr 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Jul 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good 16 to 19 study programmes Good
What parents said
97% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (312 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 97%
- Replies
- 312
- 22% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 73% who raised concerns
based on the 26% who had a child bullied
based on 72 parents (23%) with SEND