The Marlborough Church of England School

Ofsted

▲Good (2023) — Ungraded inspection — “School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next” (previous grade confirmed, not re-graded)

This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.

Inspected 12 July 2023, published 24 September 2023. Read the full Ofsted report

England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.

Exam results

Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.

“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.

Will my child get in?

Roughly one first choice per place — 1.01 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)

First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.

Nearby alternatives

• ▲Gosford Hill School 5.6 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
• ●Bartholomew School 7.9 km · Outstanding (2024) · previous system
• ●The Cherwell School 10 km · Outstanding (2022) · previous system
• –Wood Green School 10.9 km · Standards maintained (2024)
• ▲The Swan School 11.1 km · Good (2023) · previous system
• –Matthew Arnold School 12.1 km · No overall grade (2025)

Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.