St John's Marlborough
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Marlborough, Wiltshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
6.875 miles
Published by Wiltshire Council · offers on 2 March 2026
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St John's Marlborough is a secondary school in Marlborough, Wiltshire for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 11 February 2025. Wiltshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2026 entry.
St John's Marlborough 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 | 6.875 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 57% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 50.9 (England 46).
- In 2026 for Year 7, the last child offered a place lived 6.875 miles away, the 12th shortest of 28 Wiltshire secondary schools with a published last distance.
- 11.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 22.8% across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Wiltshire.
- For Year 7 entry in 2026 there were 308 first-choice applications for 265 offers, with 263 offers going to first-choice families and 45 first-choice families not offered a place.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Wiltshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Granham Hill, Marlborough, SN8 4AX
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Wiltshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,692 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 11 February 2025
Strengths
- “St John’s Marlborough is built on the ethos of ‘Kind, Supported, Happy’.”
- “The school is ambitious for all pupils to achieve highly.”
- “The qualifications pupils and students in the sixth form achieve prepare them well for their next steps.”
To improve
- “However, sometimes this information is not then used to adapt the curriculum to help fill gaps or resolve misconceptions.”
- “This can hinder pupils when learning the subsequent topics.”
- “Equally, when teachers do not identify that pupils’ learning is already secure, they do not move them onto more challenging concepts quickly enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 March 2025 (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) | 57% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 50.9 | 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: 308 first-preference applications, 265 offers in total, 263 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 Wiltshire.
- Pewsey Vale School 5.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Royal Wootton Bassett Academy 11.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Kingsbury Green Academy 11.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Wellington Academy 12.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Devizes School 12.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bradon Forest School 13.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Lavington School 14.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Avon Valley Academy 14.9 mi Not judged Last distance published