St John's Marlborough A GSG School
- St John's Marlborough
Granham Hill
Marlborough
Wiltshire
SN8 4AX - Head: Mr Alan Henderson
- T 01672 516156
- F 01672 516664
- E enquiries@stjohns.excalibur.org.uk
- W www.stjohns.excalibur.org.uk/
- A state school for boys and girls aged from 11 to 18.
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Wiltshire
- Pupils: 1,700; sixth formers: 400
- Religion: None
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
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Ofsted:
- Latest Overall effectiveness Outstanding 1
- Effectiveness of leadership and management Outstanding 1
- 1 Full inspection 8th May 2014
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Situated in an area of outstanding natural beauty above the historic and well-heeled market town of Marlborough, St John’s is just a stone’s throw from the prestigious Marlborough College. The high street reflects this, with an array of top boutiques and a flagship Rick Stein restaurant. Facilities are modern, fresh and bright. The library is inspiring to visit and is certainly doing a great job, according to parents. ‘I have been surprised to learn how enthusiastic he and his peers are about visiting the library...'
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Curricula
International Baccalaureate: diploma - the diploma is the familiar A-level equivalent.
Sports
Equestrian centre or equestrian team - school has own equestrian centre or an equestrian team.
What The Good Schools Guide says
Principal
Since September 2023, Alan Henderson. His 25-year career in education began as a history teacher and St John’s is his third headship, including four years at John O’Gaunt School in Hungerford and four years at Melksham Oak Community School. Married with two children, he enjoys skiing, running, and watching sport, especially rugby and cricket.
Entrance
Oversubscribed. At least 12 feeder primary schools in a large catchment area. Many pupils come from small primary schools, so arriving at St John’s with its 1,700 pupils can be a little overwhelming for some. However, parents agree that the process of open days, visits and induction days, as well as maths masterclasses and language events, give newbies plenty of introduction.
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Overall school performance (for comparison or review only)
Results by exam and subject
Subject results
Entry/Exit
Special Education Needs
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | |
| Aspergers | |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | |
| Dysgraphia | |
| Dyslexia | |
| Dyspraxia | |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | |
| Genetic | |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | |
| Has SEN unit or class | |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | |
| Hospital School | |
| Mental health | |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment | |
| Natspec Specialist Colleges | |
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability | |
| Other SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| PD - Physical Disability | |
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty | |
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health | |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication | |
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty | |
| Special facilities for Visually Impaired | |
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | Y |
| VI - Visual Impairment |
Interpreting catchment maps
The maps show in colour where the pupils at a school came from*. Red = most pupils to Blue = fewest.
Where the map is not coloured we have no record in the previous three years of any pupils being admitted from that location based on the options chosen.
For help and explanation of our catchment maps see: Catchment maps explained
Further reading
If there are more applicants to a school than it has places for, who gets in is determined by which applicants best fulfil the admissions criteria.
Admissions criteria are often complicated, and may change from year to year. The best source of information is usually the relevant local authority website, but once you have set your sights on a school it is a good idea to ask them how they see things panning out for the year that you are interested in.
Many schools admit children based on distance from the school or a fixed catchment area. For such schools, the cut-off distance will vary from year to year, especially if the school give priority to siblings, and the pattern will be of a central core with outliers (who will mostly be siblings). Schools that admit on the basis of academic or religious selection will have a much more scattered pattern.
*The coloured areas outlined in black are Census Output Areas. These are made up of a group of neighbouring postcodes, which accounts for their odd shapes. These provide an indication, but not a precise map, of the school’s catchment: always refer to local authority and school websites for precise information.
The 'hotter' the colour the more children have been admitted.
Children get into the school from here:
regularly
most years
quite often
infrequently
sometimes, but not in this year
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