Schools in Marlborough
Marlborough is a Georgian market town on the River Kennet in Wiltshire with 13 maintained schools spread across the town and a constellation of surrounding villages including Ramsbury, Collingbourne, Preshute and Shalbourne. The area has a very high faith school concentration — 10 of the 13 schools are Church of England or multi-faith designated, reflecting the ancient parish school network of the Kennet Vale.
Eight schools have been rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted, and just one is currently oversubscribed. St John's Academy serves as the main community secondary for Marlborough town. Wiltshire Council coordinates admissions, and families in the more distant villages should note that while faith schools are plentiful, places at Church of England schools require active worshipping community evidence beyond the locally resident priority tier at several Marlborough-area schools.
School demand in Marlborough
Across the 13 schools in Marlborough with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 80%. 1 of them is currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
10 schools in Marlborough have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
6 of the schools in Marlborough are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Wiltshire, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
8 of the schools in Marlborough have a current Ofsted rating, of which 8 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary Schools in Marlborough (12)
Ramsbury Primary School
Primary · Community school
Marlborough · SN8 2QH
Collingbourne Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Marlborough · SN8 3UH
Preshute Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Marlborough · SN8 4HH
St Michael's CofE Aided Primary
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Marlborough · SN8 2BP
Baydon St Nicholas Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Marlborough · SN8 2JJ
Kennet Valley Church of England Aided Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Marlborough · SN8 4EL
Burbage Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Marlborough · SN8 3TP
Oare Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Marlborough · SN8 4JL
Ogbourne CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Marlborough · SN8 1SU
Marlborough St Mary's CE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Marlborough · SN8 4BX
St Katharine's CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Marlborough · SN8 3BG
Great Bedwyn Church of England School
Primary · Academy converter
Marlborough · SN8 3TR
Secondary Schools in Marlborough (1)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Marlborough are set by Wiltshire and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.