Marriotts School
Ofsted: Expected
Score
D53
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Stevenage, SG2 8UT
- Distance
- 1.6km away
Barnwell School
Barnwell, Stevenage, SG2 9SW
Local ranking71st of 81 secondary schools in Hertfordshire
Ofsted: ExpectedUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1590
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 6 January 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 38.7 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 33.1% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 52.0% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 248
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 88.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 82.0%
- Higher education
- 31.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 8.0%
- Employment
- 39.0%
- Not sustained
- 10.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C
Avg A-Level Grade
30.5
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
34.6
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
29
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 0.0% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 35.1
- 16-18 Cohort
- 95
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1315
- Boys
- 639 (50%)
- Girls
- 631 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1590 (80% full)
- SEND
- 22.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 30.1%
- EAL
- 14.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.6%
- SEN Support
- 18.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 14.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 90.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,106/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 28.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 73.2%
- Black African: 7.4%
- White Other: 6.3%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 3.1%
- Asian Other: 1.7%
- Asian Indian: 1.6%
- Mixed Other: 1.4%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.9%
73.2%
White British
7.4%
Black African
6.3%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Barnwell
Stevenage, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 117518
- UKPRN
- 10000540
- Establishment No.
- 4066
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