Great Marlow School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Not published
From Buckinghamshire Council · offers on 2 March 2026
Year 7 last distance offered, 2017–2025 (miles)
Great Marlow School is a secondary school in Marlow, Buckinghamshire for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 10 November 2022. Buckinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2017 to 2026 entry.
Great Marlow School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Not published |
| Year 7 2025 | 2.364 mi |
| Year 7 2024 | 4.159 mi |
| Year 7 2023 | Not published |
| Year 7 2022 | 4.13 mi |
| Year 7 2021 | 7.985 mi |
| Year 7 2020 | 4.081 mi |
| Year 7 2019 | 4.032 mi |
| Year 7 2018 | 4.184 mi |
| Year 7 2017 | 4.601 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Year 7 2026 had no published last distance; the Year 7 2025 figure was nearer than in 2024 and the shortest of the 8 years with a published distance.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 242 first-choice applications for 225 offers; 187 offers went to first-choice families, and 55 first-choice families (23%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 48% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Buckinghamshire.
- At A level in 2024/25 the average grade was C (England B-), and progress from GCSE to A level was average.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Buckinghamshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Bobmore Lane, Marlow, SL7 1JE
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Buckinghamshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,395 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 10 November 2022
Strengths
- “The school delivers on its vision to create opportunities that enable all pupils to fulfil their potential.”
- “Pupils gain a good all-round education, where academic success and well-being are equally valued.”
- “They enjoy learning across a broad range of subjects and take part in an impressive range of clubs and activities.”
To improve
- “However, there is a low take-up of subjects needed to achieve the English Baccalaureate because small numbers of pupils choose to continue to study modern foreign languages in key stage 4.”
- “However, pupils sometimes struggle to remember what they have been taught in these lessons as well as they do in other subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 January 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 48% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 47.9 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 242 first-preference applications, 225 offers in total, 187 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Buckinghamshire.
- Sir William Borlase's Grammar School 1.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Cressex Community School 2.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- John Hampden Grammar School 2.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- E-Act Bourne End Academy 2.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Wycombe High School 2.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- The Highcrest Academy 3.8 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe 4.4 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Sir William Ramsay School 5.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
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