[1] In January 2006, Marshalls Park School was granted Performing Arts College Specialist Status.
The award was presented at the BETT show on 12 January 2006 at Olympia.
Previously a foundation school administered by Havering London Borough Council, in April 2017 Marshalls Park School converted to academy status and was renamed Marshalls Park Academy.
The school is now sponsored by the South West Essex Community Education Trust.
Academic departments at the school include Art, Business Studies, Dance, Drama, Design and Technology, English, Geography, History, ICT, Modern Foreign Languages, PE, Music, Dance, RE, Science, Stats, Film Studies, Food and Catering.