Marriotts School is a mixed local-authority maintained secondary school in Stevenage, Hertfordshire County Council, teaching 1,415 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted graded achievement as Expected standard at its most recent inspection in January 2026. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 42.4 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 8 September 2025 to 24 July 2026.

Ofsted inspection

The latest published Ofsted judgement for Marriotts School.

Latest inspection
2025 framework Graded by evaluation area
AchievementExpected standard
Curriculum & teachingExpected standard
Attendance & behaviourExpected standard
Personal development & wellbeingExpected standard
InclusionExpected standard
Leadership & governanceExpected standard
Post-16 provisionExpected standard
Safeguarding Met
S5 Inspection · Inspected 13 Jan 2026 · Published 28 May 2026
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Scale: Exceptional Strong standard Expected standard Needs attention Urgent improvement

Term dates & holidays 2025–2026

Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Marriotts School.

Marriotts School term dates calendar 2025–2026
Official term-dates calendar · 2025–2026 · source

Interactive Calendar

September 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 3 Inset Day 1
  • 4 Inset Day 2
  • 5 Year 7 Induction Day
  • 8–30 Autumn Term (Start of Term for all students)
  • 23 Open Evening (School finishes 12.15, students return 11.15 next day)
October 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–24 Autumn Term (Start of Term for all students)
  • 27–31 Autumn Half Term
November 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 3 Inset Day 3
  • 4–30 Autumn Term 2
  • 28 Occasional Day (All Hertfordshire Schools)
December 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–19 Autumn Term 2
  • 1 Inset Day 4 (Disaggregated/School Closed)
  • 22–31 Christmas Holiday
  • 25 Christmas Day
  • 26 Boxing Day
January 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–2 Christmas Holiday
  • 1 New Year's Day
  • 5 Inset Day 5
  • 6–31 Spring Term 1
February 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
  • 1–13 Spring Term 1
  • 16–20 Spring Half Term
  • 23–28 Spring Term 2
March 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–27 Spring Term 2
  • 30–31 Easter Holiday
April 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 1–13 Easter Holiday
  • 3 Good Friday
  • 6 Easter Monday
  • 13–30 Summer Term 1
May 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–22 Summer Term 1
  • 4 Early May Bank Holiday
  • 25–29 Summer Half Term
  • 25 Spring Bank Holiday
June 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 1–30 Summer Term 2
July 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–24 Summer Term 2
  • 25 Summer Holiday
August 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 31 Summer Bank Holiday

Key dates (2025–2026)

  • Inset Day 1 Sep 3, 2025 Inset Day
  • Inset Day 2 Sep 4, 2025 Inset Day
  • Year 7 Induction Day Sep 5, 2025 Event
  • Autumn Term (Start of Term for all students) Sep 8, 2025 - Oct 24, 2025 Term
  • Open Evening (School finishes 12.15, students return 11.15 next day) Sep 23, 2025 Event
  • Autumn Half Term Oct 27, 2025 - Oct 31, 2025 Holiday
  • Inset Day 3 Nov 3, 2025 Inset Day
  • Autumn Term 2 Nov 4, 2025 - Dec 19, 2025 Term
  • Occasional Day (All Hertfordshire Schools) Nov 28, 2025 Event
  • Inset Day 4 (Disaggregated/School Closed) Dec 1, 2025 Inset Day
  • Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
  • Inset Day 5 Jan 5, 2026 Inset Day
  • Spring Term 1 Jan 6, 2026 - Feb 13, 2026 Term
  • Spring Half Term Feb 16, 2026 - Feb 20, 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Term 2 Feb 23, 2026 - Mar 27, 2026 Term
  • Easter Holiday Mar 30, 2026 - Apr 13, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Term 1 Apr 13, 2026 - May 22, 2026 Term
  • Summer Half Term May 25, 2026 - May 29, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Term 2 Jun 1, 2026 - Jul 24, 2026 Term
  • Summer Holiday Jul 25, 2026 - Early Sep 2026 Holiday
  • New Year's Day Jan 1, 2026 Event
  • Good Friday Apr 3, 2026 Event
  • Easter Monday Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
  • Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Bank Holiday Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
  • Christmas Day Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
  • Boxing Day Dec 26, 2025 Event

Exam results & performance

DfE performance tables Official results, 2024–2025 GOV.UK ↗
42.4 Attainment 8 England 46.1
39% Grade 5+ English & maths England 45.4%
37.09 A level average score England 35 Top 30%
26.1% Persistent absence England 17.8%

The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Marriotts School with Hertfordshire County Council and England.

Key stage 4 (GCSE) 42.4 Attainment 8 score

Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.

This school Hertfordshire County Council England

Attainment 8 score · Average across 8 GCSEs, out of 90 42.4
Hertfordshire County Council 50.6 England 46.1 -3.7 vs England
Grade 5+ in English & maths · A strong pass 39%
Hertfordshire County Council 53.4% England 45.4% -6.4 vs England
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils 34.3
Hertfordshire County Council 34.2 England 34.9 in line with England
Disadvantage gap · Attainment 8 points; smaller is better 12.1
Hertfordshire County Council 19.9 England 15.5 -3.4 vs England
Disadvantaged pupils in the year group · Context for the scores above 33.1%
Hertfordshire County Council 17.7% England 28.2%
Pupils in the year group · Small cohorts swing wildly 236
16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 37.09 A level average point score

Results for students finishing post-16 study.

This school Hertfordshire County Council England

A level average point score · Per entry, 50 = A* 37.09
Hertfordshire County Council 36.82 England 35 +2.1 vs England
A level students · Small cohorts swing wildly 49
Attendance 26.1% Persistently absent pupils

Absence across the whole school year.

This school Hertfordshire County Council England

Persistently absent pupils · Missed 10%+ of sessions; lower is better 26.1%
Hertfordshire County Council 16.5% England 17.8% +8.3 vs England
Overall absence · Lower is better 9.4%
Hertfordshire County Council 6.5% England 6.8% +2.7 vs England
What pupils do after GCSEs 91% In education, apprenticeship or work

Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.

This school Hertfordshire County Council England

In education, apprenticeship or work 91%
Hertfordshire County Council 95% England 92% -1 vs England
Same, for disadvantaged pupils 82%
Hertfordshire County Council 86% England 83% -1 vs England
What students do after 16 to 18 study 87% In education, apprenticeship or work

Destinations the year after finishing post-16 study.

This school Hertfordshire County Council England

In education, apprenticeship or work 87%
Hertfordshire County Council 82% England 79% +8 vs England
Went to higher education 44%
Hertfordshire County Council 42% England 37% +7 vs England
About this data source & caveats

Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.

We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.

Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Marriotts School. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.

Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Location & catchment area

Indicative catchment Other secondary schools

Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Marriotts School than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.