The Malling School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 39 39.3 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 39.3 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 26.6% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 2.5% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: -0.21 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[4]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Progress 8
2024/25	41[5]	26.5%[5]
2023/24	40.5[3]	32.8%[3]	-0.21[3]
2022/23	42.6[6]	36%[6]	+0.29[6]
2021/22	45.5[7]	36%[7]	+0.03[7]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: U 2016/17[8]
All results, 2020/21: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]

Earlier years
Year	A-level average grade
2015/16	E[10]
2014/15	E[11]
2012/13	D[12]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 93% 2022/23[13]
School sixth form: 49% 2022/23[13]
Sixth-form college: 1% 2022/23[13]
Further education college: 31% 2022/23[13]
Apprenticeship: 4% 2022/23[13]
Employment: 7% 2022/23[13]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	95%[14]	45%[14]	0%[14]	39%[14]	7%[14]	5%[14]
2020/21	96%[15]	43%[15]	0%[15]	45%[15]	2%[15]	6%[15]
2019/20	92%[16]	58%[16]	0%[16]	30%[16]	1%[16]	2%[16]
2018/19	91%[17]	39%[17]	0%[17]	38%[17]	6%[17]	6%[17]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 82% 2022/23[18]
UK higher education: 32% 2022/23[18]
Education: 44% 2022/23[18]
Apprenticeship: 9% 2022/23[18]
Employment: 29% 2022/23[18]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	UK higher education	Education	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	82%[19]	42%[19]	50%[19]	8%[19]	24%[19]
2020/21	84%[20]	37%[20]	44%[20]	5%[20]	35%[20]
2019/20	67%[21]	26%[21]	33%[21]	4%[21]	30%[21]
2018/19	76%[22]	20%[22]	41%[22]	5%[22]	29%[22]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education: 53% 2021/22[23]
Top third of most selective universities: 12% 2021/22[23]
Russell Group universities: 0% 2019/20[24]
Oxford or Cambridge: 0% 2019/20[24]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Progressed to higher education	Top third of most selective universities	Russell Group universities	Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21	44%[25]	8%[25]
2019/20	45%[24]	0%[24]	0%[24]	0%[24]
2018/19	41%[26]	0%[26]	0%[26]	0%[26]
2017/18	44%[27]	4%[27]	4%[27]	0%[27]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection: 28 Mar 2023[28]
Type: Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[28]
Report published: 25 May 2023[28]
Personal development: Outstanding[28]
Quality of education: Good[28]
Overall effectiveness: Good[28]
Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding[28]
Safeguarding is effective: Yes[28]
Sixth form provision (where applicable): Good[28]
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Outstanding[28]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
18 Jun 2019[29]	S5 Inspection[29]	Requires improvement[29]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 4.1 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Applications (any preference): 616 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences: 247 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Places offered: 150 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences per place: 1.6 Entry Sept 2026[30]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	619[30]	270[30]	147[30]	4.2[30]	1.8[30]
Entry Sept 2024	693[30]	297[30]	159[30]	4.4[30]	1.9[30]
Entry Sept 2023	532[30]	244[30]	145[30]	3.7[30]	1.7[30]
Entry Sept 2022	452[30]	207[30]	153[30]	3.0[30]	1.4[30]

Character & practicalities

Type: Foundation school[1]
Ages: 11–18[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Admissions: Non-selective[1]
Sixth form: Yes[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 1003[1]
Trust: The Malling Holmesdale Federation[1]
Local authority: Kent[1]
Website: www.themallingschool.kent.sch.uk [1]
District: Tonbridge and Malling [31]
Postcode: ME19 6DH[1]
URN: 118897[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll: 1046 2024/25[32]
English as an additional language: 1.2% 2024/25[32]
SEN support: 9.3% 2024/25[32]
EHC plan: 16.4% 2024/25[32]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 30.6% 2024/25[32]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 92.9%[33]
Mixed: 3.7%[33]
Asian: 0.4%[33]
Black: 0.9%[33]
Any other ethnic group: 0.4%[33]
Unclassified: 1.8%[33]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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