The Marsh Academy is an Academy sponsor led serving secondary age pupils, located in Folkestone and Hythe, Kent. The school has 1,017 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (graded inspection, 15 November 2022). Last inspected 15 November 2022. The Principal is Shaun Simmons. The school is administered by Kent local authority. It belongs to SKINNERS' ACADEMIES TRUST. It opened in 1 September 2007.
Applications for places at The Marsh Academy are handled by the school or the local authority (Kent). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.
GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)
37.7
Attainment 8 · 2024-25
−0.25
Progress 8 · 2023-24
25%
Grade 5+ in English & maths · 2024-25
48%
Grade 4+ in English & maths · 2024-25
3.31
EBacc average point score · 2024-25
33%
Entering the EBacc · 2024-25
Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.