Secondary
Richard Challoner School
Manor Drive North, New Malden, KT3 5PE
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Boys
- Pupils
- 1079 of 966 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.4
- Local authority
- Kingston upon Thames
- Religious character
- Yes
- Sixth form
- Yes
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Southwark
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 69.7
- All staff (FTE)
- 103.0
- Pupils per adult
- 10.4
- Pupils
- 1,073
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected November 2022
Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Sixth formOutstanding
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
75%
5 points above the New Malden average (70% across 4 schools)
59.4
2.2 above the New Malden average (57.2 across 4 schools)
1st of 4 by our score, among the secondary schools in New Malden we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 59.4 |
| EBacc average point score | 5.57 |
| Entered the EBacc | 91% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 91% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 75% |
| A level average points per entry | 35.97 |
| A level students | 130 |
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 | 77% |
| 22/23 | 73% |
| 23/24 | 82% |
| 24/25 | 75% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 37.8 |
| 22/23 | 36.6 |
| 23/24 | 34.1 |
| 24/25 | 36.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.70 |
| 22/23 | +0.65 |
| 23/24 | +0.84 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 59.6 |
| 22/23 | 57.2 |
| 23/24 | 58.8 |
| 24/25 | 59.4 |
Manor Drive North, New Malden, KT3 5PE
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.
Kingston upon Thames 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
- Headmaster
- Sean Maher
- Address
- Manor Drive North, New Malden, KT3 5PE
- Telephone
- 02083305947