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Marshland High School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
School Road, West Walton, Wisbech PE14 7HA · marshlandhigh.co.uk · 01945 584146
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · May 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 45.5
- average Attainment 8 score. Norfolk 45.2, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.1
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 821
- 11 over 810 places · 101%
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 28.1%
- First language not English
- 14.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 174 families put the school first and 153 places were offered; 83% 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 | 153 | 174 | 1.1▲ | 83% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 147 | 193 | 1.3▲ | 74% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 157 | 202 | 1.3▲ | 73% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 157 | 192 | 1.2▲ | 78% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 152 | 166 | 1.1▲ | 89% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 45.5, and 44.9% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Norfolk it was 45.2, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●45.5 | 46.0 | ||
| ●44.9% | 45.4% | ||
| ●66.0% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲89.1% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲4.33 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 18.4 | −1.8 |
| Further education | 65 | +0.4 |
| Apprenticeship | 3.7 | −0.8 |
| Employment | 4.3 | +1.5 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 6.1 | −0.6 |
| Activity not captured | 2.5 | +1.9 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 9 May 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Marshland High School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 8 May 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jun 2018
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 121212), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jun 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Jun 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 121212)
What parents said
84% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (157 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 84%
- Replies
- 157
- 19% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 80% who raised concerns
based on the 48% who had a child bullied
based on 47 parents (30%) with SEND