School profile · Kent

The Malling School

A mixed, non-selective, secondary, foundation school school in Kent. Here is what the published evidence says, told one chapter at a time.

Foundation school
Secondary
Mixed
Non-selective
The Malling Holmesdale Federation
URN 118897

Beech Road, West Malling, Kent, ME19 6DHSchool website GIAS record

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Pupils: 1051; on roll
Ofsted, 28 March 2023: Good; overall effectiveness
GCSE, 2025-26: 39.3; Attainment 8
Sixth form, 2024-25: 31.61; A-level points per entry

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Where this school ranks

GCSE · 2025-26
Local position69th
In England2920th
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Chapter 1 · Meet the school

Who learns here?

The Malling School is a mixed, non-selective, foundation school school in Kent. The published figures below describe the school as recorded by the DfE.

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At a glance

How big the school is, and how full.

Pupils on roll

1051

pupils, against a published capacity of 1003. That is 104.8% of capacity.

Key facts

Type: Foundation school
Phase: Secondary
Pupils: Mixed
Admissions: Non-selective
Faith: None
Local authority: Kent

Year groups and classes

How many boys and girls are in each year group.

Pupils by year group

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The school community

Who the pupils are, in the census’s own categories.

Free school meals and English as an additional language

Eligible for FSM: 32.0%
English as an additional language: 1.5%

Chapter 2 · Everyday life

What is a normal day like?

What the published evidence shows about everyday life at the school.

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Being in school

26.3% of pupils were persistently absent in 2024-25.

Persistent absence

26.3%

of pupils missed 10% or more of their sessions.

Behaviour

The suspension rate was 7.7% in 2024-25.

Suspension rate

7.7%

81 suspensions recorded. One pupil can be suspended more than once.

Permanent exclusions

permanent exclusions recorded, a rate of 0.00%.

Chapter 3 · Inspection

What did inspectors find?

Ofsted last inspected the school on 28 March 2023. The published judgements are shown as recorded.

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Latest inspection

Last inspected on 28 March 2023.

Category judgements

Quality of education: Good
Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding
Personal development: Outstanding
Leadership and management: Outstanding
Sixth form provision: Good
Early years provision: Not published

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Chapter 4 · The GCSE years

What happens by Year 11?

A cohort of 158 pupils had GCSE results in 2025-26. Headline measures come first, then the pattern underneath: subjects, grades and how different groups of pupils fared.

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The headlines

The headline measures for the GCSE years.

Attainment 8

39.3

average Attainment 8 score per pupil.

Progress 8

−0.21

Progress 8 scores are centered around a national average of zero for mainstream schools. Not published for 2024-25 or 2025-26.

What it is: How pupils’ Progress 8 compares with pupils locally and nationally. Zero is the national average.
Why it can help: Takes starting points into account.
Years available: Years held: 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26. Years in between were not published and are never estimated.

Grade 5 or above in English and maths

26.6%

achieved a strong pass in both English and maths. 57.6% achieved grade 4 or above.

What it is: The share of pupils achieving grade 5 or above in both GCSE English and GCSE maths; grade 4 is shown alongside.
Why it can help: English and maths unlock most next steps after Year 11.
Years available: Years held: 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26. Years in between were not published and are never estimated.

English Baccalaureate

48.8%

of pupils were entered for the full EBacc.

EBacc at grade 5+ (2024-25): 11.1%

Every pupil

How pupils eligible for free school meals did compared with their classmates.

Attainment 8 by disadvantage

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Subjects and grades

GCSE grades in one subject, grade by grade.

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Chapter 5 · The sixth form

A levels and applied courses

A-level and applied-course results for the sixth form. 77 students had results in 2024-25. A cohort of this size can move noticeably from year to year.

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A-level headlines

A-level headline measures.

A-level average point score per entry

31.61

points per A-level entry, equivalent to about a grade C.

A-level value added

Average

+0.14

Confidence range −0.03 to 0.31; zero is the national average.

Top grades

Level 3 maths: 32% of students

Sixth-form retention

85.7%

of students were retained to the end of their main study programme.

What it is: The share of students who stayed on and completed their main study programme.
Why it can help: It hints at whether students are on courses that suit them.
Years available: Years held: 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25. Years in between were not published and are never estimated.

Applied general qualifications

Not published for 2024-25. A missing figure is never a zero or an estimate.

Chapter 6 · Support and inclusion

Will my child be supported?

Published data can tell you how many pupils have identified special educational needs. It cannot tell you how well an individual child is supported, which is why the questions matter most here.

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Special educational needs

Shares of pupils on roll. Latest published year.

Pupils with SEN support

9.3%

of pupils receive SEN support.

What it is: Whole-school census figure for pupils receiving SEN support: identified needs met without an EHCP.
Why it can help: Gives a sense of how many children receive extra help in the classroom.
Years available: Published years: 202425.

Pupils with EHC plans

16.4%

of pupils have an education, health and care plan.

What it is: Whole-school census figure for pupils with an education, health and care plan (EHCP).
Why it can help: An EHCP carries statutory duties: the plan, not the school, decides the support.
Years available: Published years: 202425.

Chapter 7 · Getting a place

Could my child get a place?

Applications are normally made through the home local authority, Kent, not the school. These figures are from the DfE’s national offer-day data.

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Demand

51.5% of families who put the school first were offered a place in 2024-25.

First-choice applicants offered a place

51.5%

153 of 297 families who put the school first were offered a place. 159 places were offered in total.

What it is: The share of families who named the school as their first preference and were offered a place on national offer day.
Why it can help: Gives a sense of demand and how hard it may be to get a place.
Years available: Five-year window, 2020-21 to 2024-25.

Chapter 8 · The adults

Who teaches here?

Staffing figures give a sense of stability: how many teachers there are, how many pupils each one serves, and how many stay.

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Teachers

12.8 pupils per teacher in 2024-25.

Pupils per teacher

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12.8

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Teachers (FTE, 2023-24): 83.1

Teachers who stayed

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87.8%

of teachers stayed from one year to the next. No teacher vacancies were reported in 2024-25.

Chapter 9 · What comes next

Where do pupils go after Year 11 and Year 13?

Destination measures follow pupils for the year after they leave Year 11 or the sixth form.

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After GCSEs

93.0% of the cohort were in a sustained destination.

Destinations after Key stage 4

93.0%

were in sustained education, employment or training.

86.8%

went to a further education college or a school sixth form (Schoolwize sum of the two published shares).

After the sixth form

89.1% of sixth-form leavers were in a sustained destination.

After the sixth form

Lower than England

89.1%

were in a sustained destination. Of 64 students, 45.3% went into higher education.

Chapter 10 · Your questions

What to ask when you visit

Data starts the conversation. These questions come straight from the figures above; only the school can answer them.

1Everyday lifeWhat does your behaviour policy look like day to day, and what support comes before a suspension?
2InspectionWhat have you changed since the last inspection, especially where judgements were weakest?
3GCSEHow are pupils doing in the non-core subjects that make up the open slots?
4Sixth formHow do you help students choose A-level subjects that keep their next steps open?
5SupportWho is the SENCo, and how would you work with us on a support plan?
6Getting a placeHow does the admissions round work in practice, and what happens to children who miss out?
7StaffHow stable is the teaching staff, and how are subject specialists deployed?
8Next stepsWhat help do pupils get in choosing a college, sixth form or apprenticeship?

Sources and limits

All figures are published aggregate data, shown as a snapshot. Exams were cancelled in 2020 and 2021 and those years are not compared. Where the DfE has not published a figure we say so rather than fill the gap. Schoolwize calculations are labelled.

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DfE school census (Schools, pupils and their characteristics)
DfE Key stage 2 and Key stage 4 performance tables
DfE Pupil absence in schools in England
DfE Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England
DfE Special educational needs in England
DfE Secondary and primary school applications and offers
DfE School workforce in England
DfE Key stage 4 and 16-18 destination measures
Ofsted reports and Ofsted Parent View

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