The Marsh Academy is a secondary academy in New Romney, United Kingdom with 1,019 pupils, part of Skinners' Academies Trust. Ofsted: Good, inspected 15 November 2022. As of 9 November 2026 it is advertising 1 vacancy: Cleaner Supervisor (closes 27 November). Its academy trust holds a Home Office licence to sponsor Skilled Worker visas.
Listed on EduAtlas: the school’s official record and its live vacancies. 1 live vacancy.
Head
Shaun Simmons, Principal
Trust or group
Skinners' Academies Trust
Type
Academy, Secondary
Pupils
1,019 pupils · 48% girls · 37.8% eligible for free school meals · 3.8% with English as an additional language DfE school census, 2025/26
Special needs
299 (29.3%) on SEN support · 48 (4.7%) with an education, health and care plan · has resourced provision DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
Local authority
Kent
Location
New Romney, TN28 8BB, United Kingdom
Telephone
01797364593
Visa sponsorship
Its academy trust holds a Home Office licence to sponsor Skilled Worker visas (rated A), as Skinners' Academies Trust. Register of licensed sponsors, 5 November 2026. A licence means the employer can sponsor; each advert says whether a post does.
We are seeking to appoint a conscientious individual to line manage our Cleaning Team. Duties will include but are not limited to: daily organisation of the onsite cleaning team…
Exam results
Year
Attainment 8
Grade 5+ Eng. & maths
2025/26 provisional
38.7
32.8%
2024/25
37.7
25.3%
2023/24
36.6
20.4%
Department for Education performance tables. Attainment 8 is the average score across eight GCSE-level subjects (out of 90). Grade 5+ is the share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Provisional figures can change when the revised tables are published. Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26.
Inspections
Date
Inspection
Outcome
15 November 2022
Graded inspection
Good
Ofsted. Inspections graded schools Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement or Inadequate until August 2024. From September 2024 there were no overall grades; since November 2025 a report card grades each area: exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention or urgent improvement.
Staff
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2025/26
72.8
14.0
–
1
£55,310
2024/25
76.0
13.4
9%
0
£52,384
2023/24
72.8
14.1
11%
0
£48,934
2022/23
78.6
13.5
18%
4
£45,409
2021/22
73.2
14.8
6%
2
£42,900
2020/21
71.4
14.7
8%
0
£42,146
Earlier years (2010/11 to 2019/20)
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2019/20
62.7
16.0
18%
1
£40,077
2018/19
63.4
15.0
17%
0
£38,706
2017/18
57.2
15.7
18%
0
£37,464
2016/17
55.0
15.6
18%
0
£37,246
2015/16
51.9
16.0
25%
1
£39,064
2014/15
50.7
15.4
20%
0
£39,174
2013/14
50.7
15.6
15%
0
£38,430
2012/13
57.3
14.3
26%
0
£40,146
2011/12
57.8
14.8
12%
0
£41,230
2010/11
64.8
13.5
17%
0
£38,855
Department for Education, School Workforce Census. Teachers are full-time equivalent. "Leavers" is the share of teachers who moved to another state school or left state schools by the following November, so the latest year has none yet. Vacancies are posts vacant or filled temporarily on census day in November. Average pay is for all teachers, leaders included.
Attendance
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2025/26
9.9%
4.7%
32.6%
4.0%
2024/25
9.6%
3.7%
31.1%
3.4%
2023/24
11.4%
2.5%
36.9%
4.3%
2022/23
11.8%
2.6%
40.0%
4.4%
2021/22
12.8%
2.6%
46.0%
3.6%
2020/21
5.1%
1.1%
14.7%
1.3%
Earlier years (2016/17 to 2018/19)
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2018/19
7.7%
2.1%
21.4%
2.3%
2017/18
7.8%
2.1%
22.8%
1.9%
2016/17
7.4%
1.7%
20.1%
1.9%
Department for Education, pupil absence statistics, autumn and spring terms of each year so years compare. Persistently absent: share of pupils who missed 10% or more of sessions. Severely absent: share who missed half or more. There are no figures for 2019/20 (school closures).
Hiring history
4 past vacancies seen since May 2026: 2 teaching, 2 support. Most often advertised: Catering Manager, Cleaner, Cleaner Supervisor. Last advertised September 2026.
Counted from the job services and school websites EduAtlas reads; a school may also advertise elsewhere.
Register details and head: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools. Inspection: Ofsted. Results: Department for Education performance tables. Vacancies: public job services and the school's own website, checked continuously. Nothing here is estimated.