Acle Academy
Academy converter · 709 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.9
Academy sponsor led
Marshland High School
- Pupils on roll
- 821of 810 places
- Free school meals
- 28.1%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 147
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 9 May 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Marshland High School (URN 121212, until 8 September 2015).
What the data says
Marshland High School has no sixth form. Of the 149 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 2% moved to a sixth form college, 60% to a further education college and 6% started an apprenticeship.
German is unusually popular at GCSE: 44% of the year group took it, against 5% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 45.5 against 46.1 across England and 45.2 in Norfolk, with 45% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Nearly everyone studies a modern language to GCSE (French, German entries add up to 89% of the cohort), which is rare outside selective and independent schools.
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 Norfolk and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Marshland High School | Norfolk | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 149 | 8,553 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 91% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 83% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 20% | 33% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 2% | 7% | 13% |
| — further education college | 60% | 43% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 6% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 4% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Marshland High School | Norfolk | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 45.5 | 45.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 45% | 45% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 66% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 89% | 43% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.33 | 4.05 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 20% | 25% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 37.0 | 34.1 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 47.6 | 48.8 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 17% | 12% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 147 | 100% | 89% | 10% | 20% | 69% |
| Mathematics | 147 | 100% | 88% | 14% | 22% | 72% |
| English Literature | 146 | 99% | 86% | 11% | 21% | 69% |
| Combined Science | 130 | 88% | 65% | 1% | 9% | 63% |
| Geography | 89 | 61% | 41% | 17% | 25% | 61% |
| French | 67 | 46% | 18% | 6% | 29% | 49% |
| History | 66 | 45% | 41% | 33% | 26% | 68% |
| German | 64 | 44% | 5% | 8% | 33% | 42% |
| Business Studies | 56 | 38% | 18% | 13% | 20% | 59% |
| Physical Education | 40 | 27% | 11% | 18% | 24% | 75% |
| Photography | 31 | 21% | 6% | 23% | 19% | 100% |
| Art and Design | 27 | 18% | 7% | 56% | 24% | 93% |
| Film Studies | 23 | 16% | 1% | 4% | 20% | 39% |
| 3D Design | 20 | 14% | 2% | 25% | 16% | 65% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 19 | 13% | 8% | 37% | 21% | 95% |
| Chemistry | 17 | 12% | 23% | 47% | 47% | 100% |
| Biology | 17 | 12% | 23% | 65% | 45% | 100% |
| Physics | 17 | 12% | 23% | 53% | 46% | 100% |
| Computer Science | 15 | 10% | 13% | 7% | 30% | 47% |
| Drama | 15 | 10% | 7% | 20% | 27% | 80% |
| Citizenship Studies | 14 | 10% | 3% | 14% | 19% | 50% |
| Music | 13 | 9% | 5% | 8% | 33% | 69% |
| Polish | 5 | 3% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Statistics | 1 | 1% | 5% | — | 20% | — |
| Turkish | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Additional Mathematics FSMQ | 12 | — | — |
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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.