(centre number '''57037''') is a .
The school won the Schools Achievement Award for .
Notable alumni include the '').
Michael Ball CGA taught at the school in the 1960s and 70s before becoming
Bishop Of Truro .
Marling School was founded in .
Marling School is currently undergoing extensive modernising and building work. The new
Sixth Form block is now operational and servicing the students of the combined
Downfield Sixth Form centre. There is a new Design and Technology block following a fire that destroyed the former block in
2002 . The cause of this fire is still unknown, but presumed to be an electrical fault. The block incorporates teaching rooms for
Food Technology , Graphical Products, Resistant materials and
Electronics .
Other new facilities include the Sports Hall (otherwise affectionately known as the "Green Goddess" by some staff and students), and shares a relatively new Music block with
Stroud High School , which has very good facilities including a Recording Studio and Music Technology Classroom, used by
GCSE and sixth form students.
Other than this, the rest of the buildings are rather run down. Some of the buildings are old, and require replacing. The long corridor was built during
World War II to house evacuees. It is built out of wood framed asbestos sheets. Also, the temporary classrooms are in need of replacing. A scheme is currently in place to replace these old buildings for new classrooms.
Building work is now finished on a new 20 classroom, 2 storey block, in the place of the old short corridor. "
Ofsted Report for Marling School ", ''Ofsted Government Agency''. URL last accessed on
2006-05-04 .
There are also plans to sell the ''East Campus'' (Previously known as the Lower School and containing the English and Modern Foreign Language rooms)
after the building works and move all of the students to the ''West Campus'' (Previously known as the Upper School). This is being met with some opposition by parents, teachers and students.
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