St John's Marlborough | The Schools Guide

At age 16 (%)

At age 18 (%)

'Academic' destinations refer to sixth form or higher education. 'Vocational' ones refer to further education, apprenticeships or employment. Neither is intrinsically better or worse, and this balance is not used in calculating the indicator score. Data are from 2022.

Disadvantaged pupils (%)

Ethnic minority pupils (%)

Percentages of all pupils on roll in 2022. Local figures represent the aggregate pupil populations of the ten closest nearby schools.

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St John's Marlborough

Granham Hill, Marlborough SN8 4AX

https://www.stjohns.excalibur.org.uk/

St John's Marlborough is a non-selective academy. It has about 1,730 boys and girls aged between 11 and 18. In May 2014 the school was rated ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted.

This school is a member of Excalibur Academies Trust. (Other schools in this trust include John O'Gaunt School, The WREN School, Fairfield High School, Redland Green School and Ashton Park School.)

Particular strengths include Environment, Sixth form, Progress and Attainment. Relative weaknesses include Admissions, Representation and Attendance.

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Other schools nearby

Overall scores for nearby schools are shown. Hover over the circles to see school names; click on them to go the corresponding school pages. Use the button on the left to personalise these scores based on your own priorities.

Distance (miles)	Score	Name
5.5		Pewsey Vale School
8.4		The Ridgeway School & Sixth Form College
9.3		John O'Gaunt School
9.6		The Commonweal School
9.7		The Deanery CE Academy
9.8		Lawn Manor Academy
10.1		The Dorcan Academy
10.5		St Joseph's Catholic College
10.6		UTC Swindon
11.1		Lydiard Park Academy
11.7		Royal Wootton Bassett Academy
11.7		Swindon Academy

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Environment: Excellent. Air pollution and traffic accidents are very low, while crime is quite low.

Sixth form: Excellent. Attainment is above average, progress is excellent and destinations at 18 (allowing for attainment) are above average.

Progress: Excellent. Up to age 16 it is above average, while at ages 16-18 it is excellent. (This takes into account pupils' prior performance. For information about actual grades, see Attainment.)

Attainment: Excellent. Up to age 16 it is excellent, while at ages 16-18 it is above average. (This doesn't take into account pupils' prior performance. For that, see Progress.)

Finances: Above average. The school budget has been in surplus

Disadvantaged pupils: Above average. Progress up to age 16 is above average. Destinations at 16 are about average. Progress at 16-18 is above average. Destinations at 18 (allowing for attainment) are about average.

Destinations: Above average. The proportion of students going on to education or training at 16 is roughly average, while at 18 (allowing for attainment) it is quite high.

Attendance: Below average. Pupil absence rates and the incidence of persistent absence are both quite high.

Representation: Out of balance. The socio-economic mix is slightly out of balance with the local community, while ethnic representation is out of balance with the local community.

Admissions: Poor. The occupancy rate is very high and the offer rate is quite low. There is no compulsory entrance exam.

Schools often provide or emphasise different subjects, especially in fields such as languages and the arts. The charts below show the relative popularities of exam subjects commonly sat at this school.

Popular GCSE subjects

Proportions of pupils entering in 2023

Popular A-level subjects

Proportions of pupils entering in 2023

Provision for special educational needs

Specific learning difficulty

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