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Marlborough School

Mixed · ages 11–19 · with sixth formBexley, London · Sidcup DA15 9DPSchool website
Pupils on roll
92of 85 places
Free school meals
33.9%
Year 11 cohort 2025
6
Ofsted
Improved significantly, 11 June 2025Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Of the 10 pupils who finished Year 11 at Marlborough School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Marlborough School’s own sixth form (Bexley average 57%), none went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

Every pupil in the 2023 cohort went on to a sustained destination, against 92% across England.

Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Bexley and England.

Marlborough School
Bexley
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureMarlborough SchoolBexleyEngland
Pupils in the cohort103,313607,348
Any sustained destination100%93%92%
Stayed in education100%89%86%
— school sixth form0%57%34%
— sixth form college0%10%13%
— further education college0%21%37%
— other education100%2%2%
Apprenticeship0%3%3%
Employment0%2%3%
No sustained destination0%5%6%
Destination unknown0%2%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.

Other secondary schools in Bexley

Beths Grammar School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,701 pupils

98% stayed in education · Attainment 8 71.6

Bexley Grammar School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,504 pupils

98% stayed in education · Attainment 8 74.7

Cleeve Park School

Academy converter · sixth form · 994 pupils

80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.7

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.