Marathon Science School
Frequently Asked Questions
It is an independent boy’s secondary school with Islamic ethos. We take day and boarding pupils.
There are no other charges for school dinners or teaching resources.
Pupils will be asked to contribute to the school trips.
The cost of a pupil to the school is about £12000. However Seven Hills Educational Trust through their fund raising activities supports each pupil placement. We have discounts for single families and siblings.
We teach: Mathematics, Combined Science (Double award), English Language, English Literature, History, Geography, Statistics, Computer Sciences, Religious Studies, Islamic Studies, PE and PHSE. Also Turkish and Arabic as modern foreign languages.
We target 8 GCSE’s. They must include good passes in core subjects such as English, Maths and Science. Pupils also take A Level’s in Modern Foreign languages.
Subjects | Marathon Results % (2020) L4 (C) and Above | National Pass rate % (2019) L4(C) and Above |
|---|---|---|
Mathematics | 100 | 60 |
English Language | 78 | 61 |
English Literature | 100 | 65 |
Combined Science (2 GCSE) | 88 | 56 |
Geography | 80 | 62 |
Business St. | 67 | 62 |
German | 100 | 71 |
Turkish | 100 | N/A |
We deliver Islamic lessons in both boarding and day school. Please call to get details from specialist teachers.
We believe that physical fitness is essential to well-being. So we have regular swimming, wrestling and football as well as other sporting activities.
We also organise educational trips regularly such Shakespeare Globe Theatre, Careers fair at Emirates Stadium and so on.
Please see our activities page here.
Every pupil gets to at least one overseas trip per year.
We ask families to contribute the travel cost and we pay for the accommodation at the destination.