Graded inspection · Mar 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in KentSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry616 applications · 150 places offered · 247 named it first
- 2026 4.1; Kent median median 3.1
- 2025 4.2; Kent median median 3.0
- 2024 4.4; Kent median median 3.2
- 2023 3.7; Kent median median 3.2
- 2022 3.0; Kent median median 2.9
- 2021 2.4; Kent median median 3.6
- 2020 2.7; Kent median median 3.1
- 2019 2.2; Kent median median 2.9
- 2018 2.4; Kent median median 3.1
- 2017 1.9; Kent median median 3.0
- 2016 2.3; Kent median median 3.3
- 2015 2.4; Kent median median 3.2
- 2014 2.6; Kent median median 3.1
- This school
- Kent median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 150 | 616 | 4.1 | 247 | 1.65 |
| Sep 2025 | 147 | 619 | 4.2 | 270 | 1.84 |
| Sep 2024 | 159 | 693 | 4.4 | 297 | 1.87 |
| Sep 2023 | 145 | 532 | 3.7 | 244 | 1.68 |
| Sep 2022 | 153 | 452 | 3.0 | 207 | 1.35 |
| Sep 2021 | 157 | 382 | 2.4 | 118 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2020 | 153 | 410 | 2.7 | 163 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2019 | 178 | 395 | 2.2 | 168 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2018 | 178 | 429 | 2.4 | 214 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2017 | 168 | 324 | 1.9 | 159 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2016 | 148 | 339 | 2.3 | 137 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2015 | 113 | 271 | 2.4 | 86 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2014 | 105 | 270 | 2.6 | 83 | 0.79 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 158 | 39.3 | 27% | 58% | – |
| 2024/25 | 162 | 41.0 | 27% | 54% | – |
| 2023/24 | 180 | 40.5 | 33% | 57% | −0.21 |
| 2022/23 | 182 | 42.6 | 36% | 59% | +0.29 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- The Malling SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20234.1applications per place 39.3Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · KentGraded · no overall grade20252.2applications per place 37.2Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · KentGraded · no overall grade20251.5applications per place 39.7Attainment 8
- 4.8 km · Kent20262.9applications per place 42.0Attainment 8
- 5.1 km · KentRemains Good20243.8applications per place 66.1Attainment 8 Selective
- 5.1 km · Kent20262.0applications per place 35.4Attainment 8
- 5.5 km · KentGood20244.0applications per place 36.0Attainment 8
- 5.6 km · KentOutstanding20235.3applications per place 62.7Attainment 8 Selective
- 7.4 km · KentStandards maintained20243.1applications per place 67.0Attainment 8 Selective
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 118897 · 886/5425
- Trust
- The Malling Holmesdale Federation
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,003 pupils · 1,051 on roll
- Free school meals
- 32.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Address
- Beech Road, East Malling, West Malling, ME19 6DH
- Local authority
- Kent · Tonbridge and Malling
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources