The Marsh Academy, formerly Southland's Community Comprehensive School, is a non-selective secondary school in
New Romney,
Kent
Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...
, England. The school is supported by the
Skinners’ Company.
Students attend from all over
Romney Marsh
Romney Marsh is a sparsely populated wetland area in the counties of Kent and East Sussex in the south-east of England. It covers about . The Marsh has been in use for centuries, though its inhabitants commonly suffered from malaria until th ...
.
History
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 The service was finally withdrawn due to falling usage.
In 1956, the grounds were initially used as a prison grounds using the interconnect tunnel underneath the road as an entrance, at a later date the tunnel was filled in due to safety concerns, splitting the grounds into two, one being transformed as commercial property, meanwhile a school was built on the unused land.
Description
A school serving a 1000 children in an isolated rural coastal location.
References
Teach Web The Marsh Academy, Kent
External links
The Marsh AcademyThe March Academy School ProspectusThe Marsh Academy Leisure Centre
Secondary schools in Kent
Academies in Kent
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