Great Marlow School

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=February 2023}}

{{Infobox school

| name = Great Marlow School

| image = GreatMarlow.png

| image_size = 250px

| coordinates = {{coord|51.5802|-0.7652|type:edu_region:GB_dim:100|format=dec|display=inline,title}}

| motto = Creating Opportunity, Releasing Potential and Achieving Excellence{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}

| established = 1961

| closed =

| type = Academy

| president =

| head_label = Headteacher

| head = Kevin Ford

| chair_label =

| chair =

| founder =

| specialist = Technology College

| address = Bobmore Lane

| city = Marlow

| county = Buckinghamshire

| country = England

| postcode = SL7 1JE

| local_authority =

| ofsted = yes

| urn = 136964

| staff =

| enrolment = 1,278

| gender = Co-educational

| lower_age = 11

| upper_age = 18

| houses = {{color box|Red}} Kites
{{color box|Green}} Eagles
{{color box|Blue}} Hawks

| colours = {{colour box|Black}} Black, and {{color box|Red}} red (for P.E.)

| publication =

| free_label_1 =

| free_1 =

| free_label_2 =

| free_2 =

| free_label_3 = Deputy Headteacher

| free_3 = Guy Pendlebury

| website = http://www.gms.bucks.sch.uk/

}}

Great Marlow School is a co-educational secondary school in Marlow, Buckinghamshire. It takes children from the age of 11 through to the age of 18 and has approximately 1,260 pupils. In August 2011 the school became an Academy.{{cite web|title=Open academies map and schools submitting applications|url=http://www.education.gov.uk/academies/a0069811/open-academies-map-and-schools-submitting-applications|publisher=Department for Education|access-date=15 August 2011}} In 2012/2013 the school underwent a building project to erect a new sports hall, all weather astroturf pitches, new bus parking and a community gym complex. The school sold a large plot of land at the top of their field to fund this project.{{cite web| title=Schools Directory| publisher=Buckinghamshire County Council| url=http://apps.buckscc.gov.uk/eforms/schools/schoolDetails.aspx?DFEE=5409| access-date=2006-09-07| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930044802/http://apps.buckscc.gov.uk/eforms/schools/schoolDetails.aspx?DFEE=5409| archive-date=2007-09-30}}

In September 2005 the school was awarded specialist school status as a technology college, by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES).{{cite web

|title=Specialist Schools Home

|publisher=DfES

|date=July 2006

|url=http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/specialistschools/

|access-date=2006-07-28

|url-status=dead

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060803055309/http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/specialistschools/

|archive-date=2006-08-03

}}

Pupils who attend the school normally live in the Marlow or the surrounding villages such as Lane End.{{Cite web|url=http://www.gms.bucks.sch.uk/?page_id=295|title=Catchment Area map | Great Marlow School Website}}