Marling School

Grammar, academy in Stroud, Gloucestershire, England

Marling School

Location

Stroud

Gloucestershire

GL5 4HE

England

Coordinates| 51°44′43″N 2°14′07″W﻿ / ﻿51.7454°N 2.2354°W﻿ / 51.7454; -2.2354
Information
Type| Grammar, Academy
Motto|

* Abeunt studia in mores (Studies form character)
* Nulli Praeda Sumus (We are prey to none)

Established| 1887
Founder| Sir Samuel Marling
Department for Education URN| 137123 Tables
Ofsted| Reports
Principal| Jules Godfrey
Deputy Headteachers| Andrew MacDonald, Katie Hughes
Gender| Boys (Y7-Y11), Mixed Sixth Form (Y12-Y13)
Age| 11 to 18
Enrolment| 832
Houses| Bennett, Carter, Elliott, Fuller, Greenstreet
Colour(s)|
Purple, Blue, Yellow, Red, Green
Mission Statement| Raising Aspirations, Inspiring Excellence, Succeeding Together[1]
Website| http://www.marling.school/

Marling School is a grammar school with academy status for boys, with a co-educational Sixth Form located in Stroud, Gloucestershire, England. It is on the Cainscross Road, the main route out of Stroud towards the M5, and is situated next to the girls' grammar school, Stroud High School, with which it shares some facilities.[2]

## History

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Aerial view of Marling School. Marling School viewed from the road.

Marling School is the oldest secondary school in Stroud, having been founded in 1887 by Sir Samuel Marling,[3] a local cloth manufacturer and former Liberal Member of Parliament, along with Sir Francis Hyett and Mr S.S. Dickinson.[4]

In 1882, Sir Samuel Marling offered £10,000 towards the building of the school, and the school also inherited a number of endowments from the Red Coat School which was founded in 1642 by Thomas Webb, the St Chloe School founded at Amberley by Nathaniel Cambridge in 1699, and the educational charities established in the 17th and 18th centuries by William Johns and Robert Aldridge.[5][6]

The new school opened to fee-paying pupils, which included some boarding students, in 1889. In 1909, under a new scheme the school became a public secondary school. Its endowments, along with those of the Stroud School of Science and Art and the Stroud High School for girls, were placed under the administration of a body called the Stroud Educational Foundation.

The old school houses were built shortly after the school's foundation, designed by W. H. Seth-Smith.[6]

In 1965, the school was amalgamated with the Stroud Technical School for Boys which had been founded on a neighbouring site in 1910. The Technical School buildings now form the Art and Drama departments.[4][7]

The head teacher David Lock was dismissed for gross misconduct in 2007 after allegations of bullying.[8]

Following the appointment of Dr Stuart Wilson as the new headteacher in 2010,[9] Marling School converted to an academy in August 2011.[10]

In November 2023, Stroud News and Journal reported that the headteacher Glen Balmer had resigned.[11]

In January 2024, it was announced by the Cotswold Beacon Academy Trust that Jules Godfrey will be appointed as headteacher of Marling School from April 2024, becoming the school’s first ever permanent female headteacher.[12]

The left hand side of the school shield contains the Marling family crest while the right hand side relates to the marriage of Samuel Stephens Marling to Margaret Williams Cartwright of Devizes.[13]

## Facilities

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Marling School has a programme of rebuilding and refurbishment to improve the learning environment.

Following a successful bid to the EFA, the school was awarded a grant of £3.5 million to build a new block, named 'West Block' (or ‘WB) that houses the Geography, Mathematics and Religious Education departments and a new dining hall overlooking the cricket pitch and pavilion. The Design and Technology block incorporates teaching rooms for food technology, graphical products, resistant materials and electronics. This building is shared with Stroud High School. The South Block (or ‘SB’) built in 2005 houses English, Foreign Languages and Computing Science. The old gymnasium has been refurbished and repurposed as a library and school archive.[14]

In late 2019, old, derelict original school buildings were refurbished and the History department now occupies them, moving out of the South Block and making way for more English and Maths. These new refurbished buildings are called 'East Block'. The Science department is situated in three buildings, near East Block, one being shared with Stroud High School, and another, which was built later and is more modern.[citation needed]

A modern sixth form block serves the students of both the Marling School and Stroud High School. This was the building used by Downfield Sixth Form until the two schools split into having their own sixth forms.[15]

A separate Sports Hall is used along Cainscross Road, where students attend PE and sport-related clubs. Its facilities include a large indoor hall, where basketball, volleyball, and other indoor games are played, and grass pitches where games such as Football and Rugby are played.

## Notable alumni

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See also: Category:People educated at Marling School

* Peter Barnes \- Dramatist[16]
* Eugene Paul Bennett \- Soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross[17]
* Mark Chappell \- Writer
* Reginald Clarry \- Member of Parliament
* Rory Cowlam \- Vet and TV presenter
* Prof Philip Dee Physicist[18]
* Patric Dickinson \- Genealogist and herald[citation needed]
* Professor Brian Gardiner, palaeontologist and zoologist.[19]
* Giles Harrison \- Physicist[20]
* Peter Hennessy, Baron Hennessy of Nympsfield - Historian and political journalist[21]
* Jack Lee \- Film director[22]
* Laurie Lee \- Poet, Novelist and screenwriter[23]
* Tim McInnerny \- Actor[24]
* Roderick Oliver Redman \- Professor of Astrophysics and past President of the Royal Astronomical Society[25]
* Christian Ribeiro \- Footballer[26]
* Carl Trueman \- Theologian
* Colin Walker \- Cellist[27]
* Sir Michael Angus \- Ex-chairman of Unilever

## References

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2. ^ "Marling School Track". Runtrackdir.com. 23 September 2001. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
3. ^ "Marling School". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Archived from the original on 29 August 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
4. ^ a b "Marling School". Marling.gloucs.sch.uk. 1 June 2015. Archived from the original on 20 May 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
5. ^ "Marling School". Hey Schools. Archived from the original on 29 August 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
6. ^ a b "Stroud: Education | British History Online". British-history.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 8 December 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
7. ^ "Downfield Sixth Form Continued". Archived from the original on 6 October 2007. Retrieved 26 May 2008.
8. ^ Falconer, Ben (11 April 2017). "Marling School head sacked for bullying loses tribunal case". Gloucestershire Live. Archived from the original on 29 August 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
9. ^ David Wiles (25 January 2010). "Dr Stuart Wilson appointed as new headteacher at Marling School (From Stroud News and Journal)". Stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk. Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
10. ^ "Marling School". Schools Information. Archived from the original on 29 August 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
11. ^ "Statement released after Stroud secondary head leaves suddenly". Stroud News and Journal. 30 November 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
12. ^ "Stroud school makes history in new headteacher appointment". Stroud News and Journal. 30 January 2024. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
13. ^ Wicks, W. Oliver (1986). Marling School 1887 to 1987. Wicks. ASIN B000HJJXUM.
14. ^ "Marling School". TES. Archived from the original on 29 August 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
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18. ^ "Philip Dee". American Institute of Physics. Archived from the original on 11 July 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
19. ^ The Guardian, obituary, published 15 April 2021
20. ^ "Ex-Marling student honoured for his work researching weather". Stroud News and Journal. 30 December 2014. Archived from the original on 29 August 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
21. ^ Wakefield, Nick (25 November 2010). "Former Marling boy Peter is ennobled in House of Lords". Stroud News and Journal. Archived from the original on 29 August 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
22. ^ "Lee, (Wilfred) Jack Raymond". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/77340. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
23. ^ "Laurie Lee's Stroud - Marling School". BBC. Archived from the original on 29 August 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
24. ^ "Blackadder star to hand out village show prizes". Stroud News and Journal. 16 July 2019. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
25. ^ Ikeyama, Setsuro; Maddux, H. Clark; Trimble, Virginia; Sheehan, William; Solc, Martin; Baum, Richard; Burnett, Charles; Edwards, Philip; Goddu, André; Snedegar, Keith; Brück, Marry T.; Wöbke, Bernd; Gaukroger, Stephen; Gaukroger, Stephen; Hamel, Jürgen; McGown, Robert D.; Hatch, Robert Alan; Bònoli, Fabrizio; Dupré, Sven; Murara, Marco; MacDonnell, Joseph F.; MacDonnell, Joseph F.; Marché, Jordan D.; Fosmire, Michael; Aydüz, Salim; Cameron, Gary L.; Baum, Richard; Meo, Michael; Trimble, Virginia; et al. (2007). "Redman, Roderick Oliver". The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. pp. 959–960\. doi:10.1007/978-0-387-30400-7_1154. ISBN 978-0-387-31022-0. Archived from the original on 8 June 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2020.959-960&rft.pub=The+Biographical+Encyclopedia+of+Astronomers&rft.date=2007&rft_id=info:doi/10.1007/978-0-387-30400-7_1154&rft.isbn=978-0-387-31022-0&rft.aulast=Ikeyama&rft.aufirst=Setsuro&rft.au=Maddux,+H.+Clark&rft.au=Trimble,+Virginia&rft.au=Sheehan,+William&rft.au=Solc,+Martin&rft.au=Baum,+Richard&rft.au=Burnett,+Charles&rft.au=Edwards,+Philip&rft.au=Goddu,+André&rft.au=Snedegar,+Keith&rft.au=Brück,+Marry+T.&rft.au=Wöbke,+Bernd&rft.au=Gaukroger,+Stephen&rft.au=Gaukroger,+Stephen&rft.au=Hamel,+Jürgen&rft.au=McGown,+Robert+D.&rft.au=Hatch,+Robert+Alan&rft.au=Bònoli,+Fabrizio&rft.au=Dupré,+Sven&rft.au=Murara,+Marco&rft.au=MacDonnell,+Joseph+F.&rft.au=MacDonnell,+Joseph+F.&rft.au=Marché,+Jordan+D.&rft.au=Fosmire,+Michael&rft.au=Aydüz,+Salim&rft.au=Cameron,+Gary+L.&rft.au=Baum,+Richard&rft.au=Meo,+Michael&rft.au=Trimble,+Virginia&rft.au=Robotti,+Nadia&rft_id=https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007%2F978-0-387-30400-7_1154&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Marling+School" class="Z3988">
26. ^ Loveridge, Ashley (8 January 2016). "Former Marling pupil Christian Ribeiro helps Exeter City hold Liverpool in FA Cup third-round to force dream Anfield replay". Stroud News and Journal. Archived from the original on 29 August 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
27. ^ "The Colin Walker History". The Electric Light Orchestra. Archived from the original on 24 February 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.

## External links

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* School website
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