School WiselyBeta

Marathon Science School[1]

Independent · ages 10–19

Open in the map

Headline results

No headline results are published for this school in the latest two years.

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
34.5 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
40% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
10% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[3]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[4]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[5]

IGCSEs don't count towards Attainment 8, so it understates many independent schools.

Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths
2023/24 23.6[6] 16.7%[6]
2022/23 33.6[7] 26%[7]
2021/22 23.1[8] 17%[8]
2017/18 15.7[9] 5%[9]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C+ 2018/19[10]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[11]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[11]
Earlier years
YearA-level average grade
2017/18 B[12]
2016/17 C+[13]
2015/16 C[14]

Ofsted

Inspected by
Ofsted[15]
Latest inspection
25 Feb 2025[16]
Type
Independent School standard inspection[16]
Report published
28 Apr 2025[16]
Personal development
Good[16]
Quality of education
Requires improvement[16]
Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement[16]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[16]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[16]
Independent school standards
All standards Met[16]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Requires improvement[16]

Ofsted inspects this independent school against the Independent School Standards; "Independent school standards" says whether it met all of them at its latest standard inspection.

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Fees

No fees published on the school's website that we could verify.

Type
Other independent school[1]
Ages
10–19[1]
Boys / girls
Boys[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
Boarding school[1]
Capacity
120[1]
Local authority
Lewisham[1]
Website
www.marathonschool.com[1]
Nursery classes
No Nursery Classes[15]
Special classes
No Special Classes[15]
Section 41 (can be named in an EHC plan)
Not approved[15]
District
Lewisham[17]
Postcode
SE8 5RQ[1]
URN
135901[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
45 2024/25[18]
SEN support
8.9% 2024/25[18]
EHC plan
0% 2024/25[18]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
0% 2024/25[18]

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
  4. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2020/21. Period 2020/21. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series for the 2020/21 academic year was cancelled
  5. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2019/20. Period 2019/20. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in 2020
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2017/18, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: A level and other 16 to 18 results 2020/21. Period 2020/21. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2017/18, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2016/17, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2015/16, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments (independent schools' inspectorate and provision). Period 2026-10-17, published 2026-10-17. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  16. Ofsted: Non-association independent schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2026-07-31, provisional. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  17. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  18. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.