The Marsh Academy, formerly Southlands Community Comprehensive School,Southlands Community Comprehensive School: Undated pre-2007 entry on www.kent-teach.comArchived version: About UsArchived version: Contact Us
is a non-selective secondary school in

New Romney New Romney is a market town in Kent, England, on the edge of Romney Marsh, an area of flat, rich agricultural land reclaimed from the sea after the harbour began to silt up. New Romney, one of the original Cinque Ports, was once a sea port, w ...

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, 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 the ...

History

The school was established in 1588 in the parish of

St Nicholas Saint Nicholas of Myra (traditionally 15 March 270 – 6 December 343), also known as Nicholas of Bari, was an early Christian bishop of Greeks, Greek descent from the maritime city of Patara (Lycia), Patara in Anatolia (in modern-day Antalya ...

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."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. The John Southland Trust scheme was renewed from 22 December 1916 and confirmed by parliament in 1923 "to go to poor children". 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. From 7 September 1977 until 24 July 2015, the

Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway The Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway (RH&DR) is a gauge light railway in Kent, England, operating steam and internal combustion locomotives. The line runs from the Cinque Port of Hythe via Dymchurch, St. Mary's Bay, New Romney and Romn ...

provided school trains to transport children to and from the Academy. The service was finally withdrawn due to falling usage. On 1 September 2007 the school's name was changed to the current name, The Marsh Academy.

Description

A school serving a 1000 children in an isolated rural coastal location.

References

Teach Web The Marsh Academy, Kent

External links

The Marsh Academy

The March Academy School Prospectus

The Marsh Academy Leisure Centre
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