The Marsh Academy

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use British English|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox school | name = The Marsh Academy | image = FC123.jpg | logo = Fair use logo the Marsh Academy.png | type = Academy | trust = Sponsor-led, The Skinners' Company | principal = Shaun Simmons<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.marshacademy.org.uk/506/principals-welcome | title=The Marsh Academy: Principal's Welcome. }}</ref> | address = Station Road | city = New Romney | county = Kent | country = England | postal_code = TN28 8BB | coordinates = {{coord |50|59|13|N|0|56|49|E|type:edu|display=inline,title}} | ofsted = yes | urn = 135290 | gender = Coeducational | established = 1588<ref name="BHO" /> | former_name = Southlands Community Comprehensive School<ref name="Southlands" /> | lower_age = 11 | upper_age = 19 | website = {{URL|marshacademy.org.uk}} }}

The '''Marsh Academy''', formerly Southlands Community Comprehensive School,<ref name="Southlands">[https://www.kent-teach.com/School/Directory/Details.aspx?SchoolId=2281 Southlands Community Comprehensive School: Undated pre-2007 entry on www.kent-teach.com] ([https://archive.today/20240223102304/https://www.kent-teach.com/School/Directory/Details.aspx?SchoolId=2281 Archived version: About Us], [https://archive.today/20240223102713/https://www.kent-teach.com/School/Directory/Details.aspx?SchoolId=2281%23findus Archived version: Contact Us])</ref> is a non-selective secondary school in New Romney, Kent, England. The school is supported by the Skinners’ Company.

Students attend from all over Romney Marsh.

==History== The school was established in 1588 in the parish of St Nicholas by John Southland, a resident of New Romney. It was established as a school for the poor and endowed as a permanent institution by his will of 1610.<ref name="BHO">[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-kent/vol8/pp446-464 "The town and port of New Romney"], in ''The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent'', Volume 8; as published online by British History Online. Originally published by W Bristow, Canterbury, 1799.</ref>

The John Southland Trust scheme was renewed from 22 December 1916 and confirmed by parliament in 1923 "to go to poor children".<ref>[https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/written-answers/1923/jul/26/john-southlands-trust-new-romney "John Southland's Trust, New Romney." HC Deb 26 July 1923 vol 167 c746W.] Published online on api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard, a digitised edition of ''Commons and Lords Hansard'', the Official Report of debates in Parliament.</ref>

From 7 September 1977 until 24 July 2015, the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway provided school trains to transport children to and from the Academy. The service was finally withdrawn due to falling usage.<ref>{{cite news | title = Boat trains, but no more school trains... | work = Narrow Gauge World | issue = 106 | date = September 2015 | publisher = Atlantic Publishers Ltd}}</ref>

On 1 September 2007 the school's name was changed to the current name, The Marsh Academy.<ref>[https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/the-marsh-academy-1703670 "The Marsh Academy. The Real Schools Guide 2019."] www.kentlive.news, 20 June 2019, updated 9 July 2019.</ref>

==Description== A school serving a 1000 children in an isolated rural coastal location.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Marsh Academy - GOV.UK |url=https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/school/135290/the-marsh-academy/secondary |website=Find and compare schools in England |access-date=20 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}} * [http://teachweb.co.uk/secondary-schools/Kent-B34/The-Marsh-Academy-SC795.html Teach Web The Marsh Academy, Kent] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20111214002111/http://teachweb.co.uk/secondary-schools/Kent-B34/The-Marsh-Academy-SC795.html Archived version, date 14 December 2011]) * [https://web.archive.org/web/20111024175859/http://www.thisiskent.co.uk/Ofsted-s-boost-Marsh-Academy-criticism-parents/story-13621797-detail/story.html Ofsted's boost to Marsh Academy after criticism from parents]

==External links== * [http://www.marshacademy.org.uk/ The Marsh Academy] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20120426043743/http://www.marshacademy.org.uk/uploads/docs/prospectus-2010-11.pdf/ The March Academy School Prospectus] * [http://www.marshacademyleisure.org.uk/ The Marsh Academy Leisure Centre]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Marsh Academy}} Category:Secondary schools in Kent Category:Academies in Kent Category:Educational institutions established in the 1580s Category:1588 establishments in England