In January 2008 The Marches School and Technology College gained accreditation to become a Training School.

Training Schools are schools that have met the criteria to be a high-performing school and demonstrate excellent practice across the range of teacher training activities, especially in initial teacher training and the continuing training and development of the whole school workforce. They are imaginative and influential in these areas. A substantial proportion of their training programmes involve collaborative work with others for the benefit of staff and pupils beyond their own boundaries.