Statutory Information
Marchbank Free School Performance
On this webpage, you can find all of our school’s statutory information as required by the Department for Education (DfE) and Ofsted.
For our latest performance data, please use the following link to visit the gov.uk school performance tables website
Outcomes And Results
Marchbank Free School Performance Data
Ofsted
Equality Information
The Equality Act 2010 ensures protection from discrimination, harassment and victimisation on the grounds of specific characteristics (referred to in legislation as “protected” characteristics).
For schools this means that it is unlawful to discriminate against pupils or treat them less favourably because of their gender, race, disability, religion or belief, gender reassignment and sexual orientation.
Marchbank Free School complies with the Public Sector Equality Duty and we work to:
- Eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation
- Advance equality of opportunity between different groups
- Foster good relations between different groups
- Publish information to show how we comply with the Equality Duty (we do this through the Trust’s Equality and Diversity Objectives Statement)
- Publish equality objectives which are specific and measurable
Further information on our equality objectives can be found on the Policies and Procedures page on the EVAT website.
Gender Pay Gap
For information on the Gender Pay Gap, please see the Key Governance Information page on the EVAT website.
Annual Accounts/Financial Information
For annual accounts and financial information, please see the Key Governance Information page on the EVAT website.
Executive Pay Information
For information on executive pay, please see the Key Governance Information page on the EVAT website.
Meeting the Public Sector Apprenticeship Target
For information on meeting the Public Sector Apprenticeship Target, please see the Key Governance Information page on the EVAT website.
Safeguarding
The safety and well-being of our children and young people is our priority. We consider our pupils to be very vulnerable and we believe it is important they are equipped with skills to live as independently as possible. This includes the ability to recognise and identify risks to their safety and well-being.
All of our staff receive regular training in recognising safeguarding and radicalisation issues so they can effectively and confidently identify the signs of abuse, neglect and exploitation. We work with a range of specialist safeguarding agencies, including:
- Children’s Social Care Team
- Family Intervention Team
- Family Support Workers
- Community Nursing Team
- Paediatric consultants
- School nursing team
- Physiotherapists
- Occupational therapists
- Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services
The following staff are our Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL)or they support our DSLs in their role:
- DSL – Tess Wright (Head of School) on tawright@marchbankfreeschool.org.uk
- Deputy DSL – Hannah Kelly (Assistant Head Teacher) on hkelly@marchbankfreeschool.org.uk
In an emergency do not hesitate – call 999
You can more read about EVAT’s approach to safeguarding on the EVAT Safeguarding webpage.
Premia
Pupil Premium
The Pupil Premium is additional funding that the Government gives to schools for each pupil on roll who have been eligible for free school meals (FSM) within the last 6 years, those who are or have been looked after by the local authority and children who have parents in the armed forces.
The amount given to the school varies each year. It must be spent on supporting pupil’s education and it is up to the school to determine how it is best spent to improve opportunities and maximise outcomes for pupils.
In 2025/26, Marchbank Free School will receive £49,686.11 in Pupil Premium funding.
All schools are required to report the amount of funding they have receive, plan how they will spend it and explain the outcomes achieved from the investment made.
You can read our Pupil Premium Strategy Statement 2025/26 here
Sports/PE Premium
You can read our Sports/PE Premium Strategy Statement 2025/26 here
Year 6 Swimming Competency
Details can be found in our Sports/PE Premium Strategy Statement 2025/26 here
SEND
Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND)
Every child in Marchbank Free School is unique and we have high expectations for all of our children. We aim to help our children develop into self-assured, confident, happy, positive young people.
You can read our SEND policy on our Policies page.
Read our latest SEND Information Report. SEND information report BHA-MFS
Freedom of Information
If you require information or documents that are covered by the EVAT Publication Scheme, you should contact Trust Head of Governance and Assurance:
Email: dataprotection@educationvillage.org.uk
Tel: 01325 254000
Postal address:
Education Village Academy Trust
Salters Lane South
Darlington
DL1 2AN
Data Protection and Privacy Policy
You can read our GDPR Policy and Privacy Notice on the Policies page of the EVAT website.
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We are committed to protecting your privacy. All information we collect will be used lawfully and in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.
We do not send random marketing emails to personal email addresses (also known as Spam) or to past website users who have unsubscribed from our e-newsletters. None of the statements and policies set out here limit your statutory rights.
Climate action plans
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