Graded inspection · Nov 2022 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Kingston upon ThamesSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Sixth form provision | Outstanding |
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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 entry646 applications · 150 places offered · 234 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 4.3; Kingston upon Thames median median 3.4
- 2025 4.0; Kingston upon Thames median median 3.4
- 2024 3.9; Kingston upon Thames median median 3.6
- 2023 3.8; Kingston upon Thames median median 3.8
- 2022 3.8; Kingston upon Thames median median 3.7
- 2021 3.5; Kingston upon Thames median median 4.1
- 2020 3.4; Kingston upon Thames median median 3.4
- 2019 3.6; Kingston upon Thames median median 3.6
- 2018 3.4; Kingston upon Thames median median 3.8
- 2017 3.4; Kingston upon Thames median median 3.4
- 2016 3.2; Kingston upon Thames median median 3.2
- 2015 3.4; Kingston upon Thames median median 3.8
- 2014 3.2; Kingston upon Thames median median 3.5
- This school
- Kingston upon Thames 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 | 646 | 4.3 | 234 | 1.56 |
| Sep 2025 | 150 | 597 | 4.0 | 196 | 1.31 |
| Sep 2024 | 150 | 587 | 3.9 | 224 | 1.49 |
| Sep 2023 | 150 | 571 | 3.8 | 236 | 1.57 |
| Sep 2022 | 150 | 576 | 3.8 | 224 | 1.49 |
| Sep 2021 | 150 | 520 | 3.5 | 192 | 1.28 |
| Sep 2020 | 150 | 506 | 3.4 | 221 | 1.47 |
| Sep 2019 | 150 | 545 | 3.6 | 215 | 1.43 |
| Sep 2018 | 150 | 503 | 3.4 | 211 | 1.41 |
| Sep 2017 | 150 | 503 | 3.4 | 233 | 1.55 |
| Sep 2016 | 142 | 456 | 3.2 | 198 | 1.39 |
| Sep 2015 | 136 | 468 | 3.4 | 181 | 1.33 |
| Sep 2014 | 137 | 441 | 3.2 | 183 | 1.34 |
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.) | 160 | 60.5 | 75% | 88% | – |
| 2024/25 | 154 | 59.4 | 75% | 91% | – |
| 2023/24 | 153 | 58.8 | 82% | 92% | +0.84 |
| 2022/23 | 160 | 57.2 | 73% | 89% | +0.65 |
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
- Richard Challoner SchoolThis schoolThis schoolOutstanding20224.3applications per place 60.5Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · Kingston upon ThamesGood20224.3applications per place 58.4Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · Kingston upon ThamesRemains Good20233.4applications per place 53.2Attainment 8
- 2.4 km · Kingston upon ThamesRemains Outstanding20233.0applications per place 55.0Attainment 8
- 2.5 km · Surrey20263.2applications per place 39.4Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · Kingston upon ThamesImproved significantly20254.6applications per place 54.6Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · Kingston upon ThamesGood20232.3applications per place 47.2Attainment 8
- 2.8 km · MertonStandards maintained20242.4applications per place 43.0Attainment 8
- 2.8 km · Kingston upon ThamesGood20243.4applications per place 57.2Attainment 8
- 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 137299 · 314/5401
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 966 pupils · 1,079 on roll
- Free school meals
- 9.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision and SEN unit
- Opened
- 17 August 2011
- Replaced
- Richard Challoner School (URN 102606)
- Address
- Manor Drive North, New Malden, KT3 5PE
- Local authority
- Kingston upon Thames
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources