Academy converter · Primary
Sidcup · DA15 9DD · Bexley
Ages 3–7
Status: Open
0.1 miles away
OpenURN 101487
Marlborough School
Community special school · Sidcup · DA15 9DP
Age range
Ages 11–19
Pupils
92
Local authority
Bexley
Age range
Ages 11–19
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community special school, Ages 11–19, in Sidcup, Bexley, 92 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, special school. Free school meals: 33.9%. SEN provision includes: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty.
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Overview
- School type
- Community special school
- Age range
- 11–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 101487
Location
- Address
- Marlborough Park Avenue
- Postcode
- DA15 9DP
- Town
- Sidcup
- County
- Kent
- Local authority
- Bexley
- District
- Bexley
- Constituency
- Old Bexley and Sidcup
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 92
- Boys / girls
- 64 / 28
- School capacity
- 85
- Capacity fill
- 92 / 85 (108%)
- Free school meals
- 33.9%
- FSM pupils
- 19
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
- Governance
- Community special school
SEN & specialist provision
SEN types and resourced/SEN unit places as recorded in GIAS. This is provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
Contact
- Headteacher
- Dr Elizabeth Smith
- Telephone
- 02083006896
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Improved significantly
Inspection date
2025-07-14
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Absence
Pupil absence rates from DfE pupil absence in schools in England. Persistent absence means 10% or more of sessions missed; severe absence means 50% or more. Lower figures are better.
Academic year 2023/24
Overall absence
12.1%
Persistent absence
34.4%
Unauthorised
3.7%
- Authorised absence
- 8.3%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 3.3%
- Enrolments in measure
- 61
Recent years
- 2022/23
- Overall 8.9% · Persistent 28.1%
- 2021/22
- Overall 10.7% · Persistent 28.3%