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The Marlborough Science Academy

Watling Street, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1 2QA

Ofsted: Good (graded inspection, 29 November 2023). Last inspected 29 November 2023.

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1,335
Pupils
19.9%
Free school meals
1 April 2012
Opened

About this school

The Marlborough Science Academy is an Academy converter serving secondary age pupils, located in St Albans, Hertfordshire. The school has 1,335 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (graded inspection, 29 November 2023). Last inspected 29 November 2023. The Headteacher is Annie Thomson. The school is administered by Hertfordshire local authority. It belongs to THE MARLBOROUGH SCIENCE ACADEMY LIMITED. It opened in 1 April 2012.

School details

Headteacher
Annie Thomson
Trust
THE MARLBOROUGH SCIENCE ACADEMY LIMITED
Local authority
Hertfordshire
Gender
Mixed
URN
138042

Admissions

Applications for places at The Marlborough Science Academy are handled by the school or the local authority (Hertfordshire). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

43.4
Attainment 8 · 2024-25
−0.10
Progress 8 · 2023-24
36%
Grade 5+ in English & maths · 2024-25
60%
Grade 4+ in English & maths · 2024-25
3.80
EBacc average point score · 2024-25
40%
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.

Source: Department for Education school performance data. Check this school on GOV.UK →

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