The Malling School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D53
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- West Malling, ME19 6DH
- Distance
- 2.4km away
Aylesford School
Teapot Lane, Aylesford, ME20 7JU
Local ranking81st of 102 secondary schools in Kent
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1044
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 29 April 2025. Figures last updated .
School history and status
Continues from Aylesford School (URN 118882) since 31 August 2022. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 29 April 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Requires improvement
- Sixth form provision
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 37.2 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 21.0% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 47.9% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 167
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 83.0%
- Continued in education
- 73.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 87.0%
- Higher education
- 21.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 62.0%
- Not sustained
- 11.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
D+
Avg A-Level Grade
22.5
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
18
A-Level Students
- Applied General Avg Points
- 23.3
- 16-18 Cohort
- 45
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 905
- Boys
- 498 (54%)
- Girls
- 418 (46%)
- Capacity
- 1044 (88% full)
- SEND
- 22.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 25.4%
- EAL
- 3.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.1%
- SEN Support
- 21.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 55.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,264/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 18.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 87.4%
- White Other: 4.8%
- Mixed Other: 2.0%
- Black African: 1.7%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.6%
- Gypsy/Roma: 0.4%
87.4%
White British
4.8%
White Other
2.0%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Teapot Lane
Aylesford, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 149319
- UKPRN
- 10091142
- Establishment No.
- 4029
- Trust
- CHARACTER EDUCATION TRUST
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