Graded inspection · May 2024 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 | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| 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 entry867 applications · 252 places offered · 198 named it first
- 2026 3.4; Kingston upon Thames median median 3.4
- 2025 3.4; Kingston upon Thames median median 3.4
- 2024 3.5; Kingston upon Thames median median 3.6
- 2023 3.9; Kingston upon Thames median median 3.8
- 2022 3.7; Kingston upon Thames median median 3.7
- 2021 4.1; Kingston upon Thames median median 4.1
- 2020 4.0; Kingston upon Thames median median 3.4
- 2019 4.1; Kingston upon Thames median median 3.6
- 2018 3.8; Kingston upon Thames median median 3.8
- 2017 4.3; Kingston upon Thames median median 3.4
- 2016 4.6; Kingston upon Thames median median 3.2
- 2015 4.4; Kingston upon Thames median median 3.8
- 2014 4.1; 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 | 252 | 867 | 3.4 | 198 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2025 | 253 | 865 | 3.4 | 187 | 0.74 |
| Sep 2024 | 251 | 885 | 3.5 | 223 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2023 | 254 | 987 | 3.9 | 287 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2022 | 248 | 928 | 3.7 | 250 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2021 | 236 | 960 | 4.1 | 239 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2020 | 240 | 964 | 4.0 | 253 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2019 | 240 | 989 | 4.1 | 236 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2018 | 240 | 913 | 3.8 | 249 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2017 | 209 | 897 | 4.3 | 272 | 1.30 |
| Sep 2016 | 209 | 959 | 4.6 | 287 | 1.37 |
| Sep 2015 | 205 | 900 | 4.4 | 273 | 1.33 |
| Sep 2014 | 208 | 850 | 4.1 | 242 | 1.16 |
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.) | 241 | 57.2 | 64% | 81% | – |
| 2024/25 | 243 | 55.3 | 64% | 82% | – |
| 2023/24 | 242 | 58.1 | 68% | 84% | +0.70 |
| 2022/23 | 244 | 54.1 | 60% | 75% | +0.52 |
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
- Coombe Girls' SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20243.4applications per place 57.2Attainment 8
- 1.4 km · Kingston upon ThamesGood20224.3applications per place 58.4Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · MertonStandards maintained20242.4applications per place 43.0Attainment 8
- 2.0 km · Kingston upon ThamesRemains Good20233.4applications per place 53.2Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · Kingston upon ThamesGood20224.0applications per place 83.1Attainment 8 Selective
- 2.8 km · Kingston upon ThamesOutstanding20224.3applications per place 60.5Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · MertonGood20214.1applications per place 63.2Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · Kingston upon ThamesImproved significantly20254.6applications per place 54.6Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · MertonRemains Good20234.4applications per place 56.0Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 137848 · 314/4004
- Trust
- Helix Learning Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,558 pupils · 1,500 on roll
- Free school meals
- 22.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 February 2012
- Replaced
- Coombe Girls' School (URN 102598)
- Address
- Clarence Avenue, New Malden, KT3 3TU
- Local authority
- Kingston upon Thames
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources