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The Marvell College
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Barham Road, Hull HU9 4EE · themarvellcollege.com · 01482 799132
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Jul 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 40.6
- average Attainment 8 score. Kingston upon Hull, City of 40.4, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.1
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,232
- 32 over 1,200 places · 103%
- Local authority
- Kingston upon Hull, City of
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 47%
- First language not English
- 8.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 267 families put the school first and 248 places were offered; 86% 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 | 248 | 267 | 1.1▲ | 86% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 232 | 272 | 1.2▲ | 77% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 231 | 313 | 1.4▲ | 72% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 255 | 310 | 1.2▲ | 77% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 257 | 261 | 1▲ | 95% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 40.6, and 25.4% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Kingston upon Hull, City of it was 40.4, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼40.6 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼25.4% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼48.2% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼25.9% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.39 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 3.3 | −8.3 |
| Sixth form college | 40.9 | +2.5 |
| Further education | 30.7 | +5.7 |
| Apprenticeship | 6 | −0.5 |
| Employment | 2.3 | −1.9 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 13 | +2.8 |
| Activity not captured | 3.7 | −0.5 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 3 July 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for The Marvell College was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 2 Jul 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jun 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 118108), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jun 2019Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Dec 2015Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 118108)
What parents said
92% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (206 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 92%
- Replies
- 206
- 17% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 92% who raised concerns
based on 35 parents (17%) whose child was bullied
based on 35 parents (17%) with SEND