The Malling School is a secondary school located in West Malling. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's management effectiveness good, overall effectiveness, quality of education and outcomes for pupils requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 19/06/2019. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.9%, which is 1.9 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Beech Road, West Malling

School Information

Address: Beech Road, West Malling, ME19 6DH
Website: www.themallingschool.kent.sch.uk
Telephone: 01732840995
School Type: Foundation school
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Kent
Headteacher / Principal: Mr John Vennart
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 118897

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 19/06/2019

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1021
Number of Pupils: 1016
Number of Boys: 580
Number of Girls: 436

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.9% 4%
Persistent absence: 15.5% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Well Below Average: -0.64 Confidence interval -0.86 to -0.41
Of the 127 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 124 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:13%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:93%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:24%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:36.9
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.14
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St James the Great Academy
Chapman Way , ME19 6SD 		3out of 4 389 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
More Park Catholic Primary School
Lucks Hill , ME19 6HN 		3out of 4 1,289 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Brookfield Infant School
Swallow Road , Larkfield ME20 6PY 		4out of 4 1,458 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Lunsford Primary School
Swallow Road , Larkfield ME20 6PY 		3out of 4 1,538 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Brookfield Junior School
Brookfield Junior School , Swallow Road ME20 6PY 		3out of 4 1,547 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Malling School
Beech Road , East Malling ME19 6DH 		2out of 4 0 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School
Aylesford School
Teapot Lane , ME20 7JU 		2out of 4 2,493 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Kent Health Needs Education Service
40 Teddington Drive , Leybourne ME19 5FF 		2out of 4 2,900 yd Pupil referral unit No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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