Address: Bath Road, Marlborough, Wiltshire SN8 1PA
Website: marlboroughcollege.org
Founded: 1843
Pupils: 1010 (564 boys, 446 girls)
Ages: 13-18
Termly Fees: £20,603 per term
Head Teacher: Mrs L J Moelwyn-Hughes
Religious Affiliation: Church of England, although open to and respectful of all religious faiths
Entrance Procedure: For 13+ entry, ISEB Pre-test and assessment day. Limited number of entry places available for year 7-8 applicants. For sixth form entry, competitive exam, interview and six GCSE grade 6s required
Contact: Admissions; 01672 892300 or [email protected]
School Visits: Contact above
The Curriculum
Academically rigorous and ambitious. GCSE, IGCSE, A levels and EPQ offered. In 2025, 51 percent of A level grades were A*A and 86 percent were A*B. At IGCSE, 45 percent of grades awarded were 9-8 and 67 percent were 9-7.
Sports & The Arts
Sports teams regularly reach the latter stages of national competitions, the school’s symphony orchestra plays in partnership with the Sinfonia Smith Square, and Marlborough artists exhibit in the Mount House Gallery. There are a vast array of concert and performance opportunities, plus three major school drama productions per year.
Pastoral Care
We have six girls’ houses, six boys’ houses and four mixed houses of boys aged 13-16 and mixed sixth forms of girls and boys. The pastoral care delivered through 16 boarding houses ensures each child is cared for individually. The school’s greatest strength is the quality of the relationships throughout its community.
University Places
In 2025, 82 percent of leavers achieved their first choice including Russell Group, Oxbridge and Ivy League universities. Ten percent of that year group will matriculate from international universities in North America and Europe.
Head Teacher’s Philosophy
Marlborough College welcomes pupils from all over the UK and from overseas. We are looking for well-rounded, open-minded, adaptable and socially minded children who are keen to be involved in a wide range of activities, to make a difference at all levels and contribute to a happy and inclusive community. The college is academically ambitious, offering a progressive, challenging and rewarding education including numerous leadership and enrichment opportunities. Our co-curricular provision is second to none and pupils become involved in a wide range of sporting and cultural activities.
Outstanding Characteristics
The school site is based around a Neolithic Mound and occupies 286 acres of historic downland. It is a proud pioneer of co-education, being the first boarding school to admit girls in 1968 and then becoming fully co-educational in 1989. The first organised school games were played at Marlborough and it regularly fields 50 sports teams each weekend. The school has a distinguished record of innovation in education – it was the first to open a business studies department and to offer the study of Chinese and Arabic. State-of-the-art Marlborough College Innovation Centre and new science department facilities will open in March 2026.
