Secondary
The Malling School
Beech Road, East Malling, West Malling, ME19 6DH
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1051 of 1003 places
- Local authority
- Kent
- Sixth form
- Yes
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Trust
- The Malling Holmesdale Federation
Ofsted
Last inspected March 2023
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
27%
41.0
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 41 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.61 |
| Entered the EBacc | 49% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 54% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 27% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 36% |
| 22/23 | 36% |
| 23/24 | 33% |
| 24/25 | 27% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.03 |
| 22/23 | +0.29 |
| 23/24 | -0.21 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 45.5 |
| 22/23 | 42.6 |
| 23/24 | 40.5 |
| 24/25 | 41.0 |
Beech Road, East Malling, West Malling, ME19 6DH
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Kent admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- John Vennart
- Address
- Beech Road, East Malling, West Malling, ME19 6DH
- Telephone
- 01732840995