Graded inspection · May 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 | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| 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 entry674 applications · 157 places offered · 165 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 4.3; Kingston upon Thames median median 3.4
- 2025 4.1; Kingston upon Thames median median 3.4
- 2024 3.9; Kingston upon Thames median median 3.6
- 2023 4.1; Kingston upon Thames median median 3.8
- 2022 4.2; Kingston upon Thames median median 3.7
- 2021 4.1; Kingston upon Thames median median 4.1
- 2020 4.6; Kingston upon Thames median median 3.4
- 2019 4.9; Kingston upon Thames median median 3.6
- 2018 4.5; Kingston upon Thames median median 3.8
- 2017 4.1; Kingston upon Thames median median 3.4
- 2016 4.3; Kingston upon Thames median median 3.2
- 2015 4.0; Kingston upon Thames median median 3.8
- 2014 3.5; 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 | 157 | 674 | 4.3 | 165 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2025 | 155 | 629 | 4.1 | 162 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2024 | 154 | 603 | 3.9 | 167 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2023 | 155 | 635 | 4.1 | 152 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2022 | 146 | 610 | 4.2 | 162 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2021 | 147 | 607 | 4.1 | 135 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2020 | 147 | 682 | 4.6 | 177 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2019 | 149 | 724 | 4.9 | 167 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2018 | 149 | 666 | 4.5 | 167 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2017 | 148 | 604 | 4.1 | 153 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2016 | 145 | 625 | 4.3 | 177 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2015 | 148 | 590 | 4.0 | 143 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2014 | 146 | 505 | 3.5 | 120 | 0.82 |
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.) | 151 | 58.4 | 73% | 84% | – |
| 2024/25 | 155 | 59.2 | 74% | 90% | – |
| 2023/24 | 148 | 58.6 | 70% | 90% | +0.95 |
| 2022/23 | 151 | 61.9 | 77% | 91% | +1.03 |
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 Holy Cross SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20224.3applications per place 58.4Attainment 8
- 1.1 km · Kingston upon ThamesRemains Good20233.4applications per place 53.2Attainment 8
- 1.4 km · Kingston upon ThamesGood20243.4applications per place 57.2Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · Kingston upon ThamesOutstanding20224.3applications per place 60.5Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · MertonStandards maintained20242.4applications per place 43.0Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · Kingston upon ThamesImproved significantly20254.6applications per place 54.6Attainment 8
- 2.8 km · Kingston upon ThamesGood20224.0applications per place 83.1Attainment 8 Selective
- 3.3 km · MertonGood20214.1applications per place 63.2Attainment 8
- 3.5 km · Kingston upon ThamesRemains Outstanding20233.0applications per place 55.0Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 138459 · 314/5402
- Trust
- The Holy Cross School
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 827 pupils · 994 on roll
- Free school meals
- 13.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 August 2012
- Replaced
- The Holy Cross School (URN 102607)
- Address
- 25 Sandal Road, New Malden, KT3 5AR
- Local authority
- Kingston upon Thames
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources