Our Ethos and Values

Where Potential Meets Opportunity

The Marlborough College way of life is one of positive transition and growth. Children arrive here with inherent potential. Our role is to provide the opportunity for each child to find that potential within themselves and to help them to fully realise it. There is no one ‘right’ progression through Marlborough. We celebrate and take pride in the individual and unique journeys of each of our pupils. Children thrive here by taking responsibility for their own path, united by the common goals of being the best that they can be and adding the most value they can to our school community and beyond.

Our Values

Our values of community, ambition, service and initiative are the essential foundations which enable everyone to contribute, to be valued and to fulfil their potential.

The Marlborough Charter

Together as Marlburians…

We build and foster an inclusive, open-minded and accepting community. We treat others as we would like to be treated ourselves. We are compassionate, collaborative and committed. We believe our strong sense of community encourages both individuality and collective ambition.

We lead by example, doing what is right and not what is easy.

Written by the 2020/21 Prefects and Heads of House.

Year Groups

The school is divided into the following year groups:

First Year Year 9 Shell

Second Year Year 10 Remove

Third Year Year 11 Hundred

Fourth Year Year 12

Fifth Year Year 13 Upper Sixth