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Marland School

Special schoolAges 5–16Foundation

near Petrockstowe, EX38 8QQ · Devon local authority

Petrockstowe’s Schools page →

How full
163 pupils
101% of its 162 places
Free school meals
70%
70 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Marland School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 70% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Good, March 2023 (shown, not graded)
  • Outside any built-up area: listed with Petrockstowe, the nearest town
  • Homes in its postcode sector (EX38 8) sold for a median £261,250; Petrockstowe’s is £450,000

Results

DfE · GCSEs 2025/26, provisional · 27 pupils

Each bar is a group of England’s 3,224 graded secondary schools. The schools Marland beats are shaded green.

Attainment 8 6.4

Average grade across 8 GCSEs ×10 · higher than 0% of schools · Devon avg 46.8

20304050607080England avg 47.3Marland 6.4

Grade 5+ in English and maths 0%

A strong pass · higher than 0% of schools · Devon avg 46%

0%20%40%60%80%100%England avg 47.3%Marland 0%

Attainment 8, three years

The mark is England’s average that year

2023/24
7
2024/25
7.2
2025/26
6.4

Progress 8, 2023/24

−1 behind0 = national+1 ahead

-1.56: below average. How pupils did at GCSE against pupils nationally with the same results at 11. Not published since 2023/24 (no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021).

Disadvantaged pupils, 2025/26

Attainment 8 for the 21 pupils DfE counts as disadvantaged (free school meals in the last 6 years, or looked after) and the rest, beside England’s schools

Disadvantaged
6.8England 38.6
Not disadvantaged
4.8England 50.6
Grade 4 or above in English and maths0%
England’s schools 66% · Devon 66% · a standard pass

England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

160 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
0%England 15.3%
EHC plan
100%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
0%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
70.6%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 13%Boys 88%
Its letter

No letter for Marland School

Special schools aren’t given a letter: their pupils’ needs differ too much for results to compare with mainstream schools.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Graded inspection: Good, March 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Marland School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in EX38 8, the school’s postcode sector

Petrockstowe property prices →
£261,250
median sale, 170 sales in 36 months · Petrockstowe £450,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K£300K2010201520202025EX38 8
EX38 8Petrockstowe

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£380K
Semi-detached
£265K
Terraced
£200K
Flat
£120K
EX38 8Petrockstowe

Homes in EX38 8 sell for well under Petrockstowe’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

near Petrockstowe, EX38 8QQ

Nearby

Special school near Marland School

The nearest state schools of the same phase, as the crow flies. Catchments and admissions rules decide which one a child gets.

Marland School: common questions

What is Marland School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (March 2023).

How much do houses cost near Marland School?

Homes in its postcode sector, EX38 8, sold for a median £261,250 over the 36 months to August 2026 (170 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Petrockstowe’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.