Marshland High School
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Marshland High School is an 11-16 co-educational comprehensive secondary modern school
in the Fenland
area of Norfolk
, England
, situated in the village of West Walton, Wisbech
. The school itself is different from most neighbouring secondary schools in that it is relatively small. The school attempts to provides a positive environment for pupils and to emphasise traditional values of courtesy and co-operation. The school currently has just over 800 pupils on roll,; a figure that is not likely to increase. The most recent government inspection report judged that the school was good.
. The current Head teacher is Mrs. E Dormer who took over from Matthew Parr-burman in 2011.
School
A school is an institution designed for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is commonly compulsory. In these systems, students progress through a series of schools...
in the Fenland
Fenland
Fenland is a local government district in Cambridgeshire, England. Its council is based in March, and covers the neighbouring market towns of Chatteris, Whittlesey, and Wisbech, often called the "capital of the fens"...
area of Norfolk
Norfolk
Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...
, England
England
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, situated in the village of West Walton, Wisbech
Wisbech
Wisbech is a market town, inland port and civil parish with a population of 20,200 in the Fens of Cambridgeshire. The tidal River Nene runs through the centre of the town and is spanned by two bridges...
. The school itself is different from most neighbouring secondary schools in that it is relatively small. The school attempts to provides a positive environment for pupils and to emphasise traditional values of courtesy and co-operation. The school currently has just over 800 pupils on roll,; a figure that is not likely to increase. The most recent government inspection report judged that the school was good.
Motto
In 1994 the school adopted the motto of "Celebrating the Individual" which was later changed to "Celebrating Individual Achievement" and remains current to this day. The motto emphasizes that each and every pupil is a separate individual, with different talents, skills and needs. Accordingly, the school tries to devise systems which allow for each pupil to develop at an appropriate pace.Campus
The school campus comprises a number of buildings, the oldest being built in 1927, which formed part of the old West Walton village school. The campus was extended in the 1960s with the addition of a library, main hall, cafeteria and new classrooms. The building work continued throughout the following decades when a new maths block, music classroom and sports hall were added in the 1980s; followed by a humanities block, design centre and further science laboratories in the 1990s.Key personnel
The school's Head Teacher up until July 2007 was John Bennett, who held the post since September 1994 after joining the school in 1989 as Deputy Head Teacher. In March 2007 he announced his plans to leave Marshland High School at the end of the school year to take up a post at The Queen's School in WisbechWisbech
Wisbech is a market town, inland port and civil parish with a population of 20,200 in the Fens of Cambridgeshire. The tidal River Nene runs through the centre of the town and is spanned by two bridges...
. The current Head teacher is Mrs. E Dormer who took over from Matthew Parr-burman in 2011.