Marshland High School

Marshland High School continues to demonstrate good performance, creating an environment where pupils feel safe, respected, and engaged. The leadership effectively supports staff development and has established a positive school culture that fosters community and encourages character and skills development. The school's curriculum is thoughtfully designed, enabling students to perform well academically, particularly in reading where interventions are making a significant impact. Overall, pupils view their school experience positively, and parents express confidence in the school’s abilities.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy attending the school and feel supported by staff.
• The school has a strong sense of community and respect among students.
• Curriculum delivery is effective, with subject specialists and clear expectations.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
• Targeted reading support leads to rapid progress for struggling readers.
• Attendance is improving and celebrated within the school.
• Comprehensive personal, social, health and economic education is in place.
• Careers education provides pupils with a strong understanding of future opportunities.

Areas for Improvement

• In a small number of subjects, assessment and feedback practices are inconsistent, leading to repeated errors.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Marshland High School attended 91.9% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 24.1% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 8.5% of pupils at Marshland High School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). One pupil was permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Marshland High School had 19.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.8% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 22.4% of pupils at Marshland High School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 5.6% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Marshland High School received £8,321 and spent £8,014 for each of its 811 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,915,000 (£2,361 per pupil).

Across all 11 schools of West Norfolk Academies Trust, income was £7,493 and spending £7,462 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Wisbech · Norfolk local authority: places and applications

Marshland High School is part of West Norfolk Academies Trust, which runs 11 schools. The nearest others:

• Walpole Cross Keys Primary School King'S Lynn
• St Clement's High School King'S Lynn
• Clenchwarton Primary School King'S Lynn
• West Lynn Primary School King'S Lynn
• Gaywood Primary School King'S Lynn
• Springwood High School King'S Lynn
• Snettisham Primary School King'S Lynn
• Heacham Junior School King'S Lynn
• Heacham Infant and Nursery School King'S Lynn
• Smithdon High School Hunstanton

What is Marshland High School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Marshland High School is Good, from an inspection in June 2024.

When was Marshland High School last inspected by Ofsted?

Marshland High School was last inspected in June 2024.

How many pupils does Marshland High School have?

Marshland High School has 821 pupils on roll.

What age range does Marshland High School cover?

Marshland High School for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Marshland High School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 43.3, and 40% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Marshland High School?

Marshland High School is at School Road, West Walton, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE14 7HA.