The Malling School
Secondary · Foundation school · Ages 11–18 · West Malling, Kent
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
0.983 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Malling School is a secondary school in West Malling, Kent for ages 11–18 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 28 March 2023. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
The Malling School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 0.983 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026, the last child offered a Year 7 place lived 0.983 miles away, the 4th shortest of 56 Kent secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance.
- The Year 7 last distance stayed close to the year before in every year with a published distance; the 2026 figure was about the same as 2025 and nearer than in 2023.
- For Year 7 in 2026, there were 247 first-choice applications for 150 offers; 146 offers went to first-choice families and 101 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 27% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths, the 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Kent.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Kent schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Beech Road, East Malling, West Malling, ME19 6DH
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 1,051 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 12.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 28 March 2023
Strengths
- “Leaders place pupils’ character development at the heart of everything that takes place here.”
- “Staff encourage pupils to truly live out ‘The Malling School Way’, both in their learning and conduct.”
- “Pupils do the right thing because they are taught the importance of being ‘caring, determined and reflective’.”
To improve
- “However, at times, a small number of teachers do not check what pupils know and understand carefully enough before moving them on to new ideas.”
- “When this happens, some pupils do not learn as effectively as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 May 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 27% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 41 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 247 first-preference applications, 150 offers in total, 146 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Kent.
- Aylesford School 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Holmesdale School 2.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Simon Stock Catholic School 3.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Oakwood Park Grammar School 3.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Augustine Academy 3.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Maplesden Noakes School 3.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Maidstone Grammar School for Girls 3.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Maidstone Grammar School 4.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published