The Malling School is a mixed

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located in

East Malling East Malling is a village in the borough of Tonbridge and Malling, Kent, in the part of the civil parish of East Malling and Larkfield lying south of the A20 road. In 2019 the ward had an estimated population of 5,478. History The earliest ...

in the

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History

It opened as Clare Park Secondary School in 1957, designed by Read & McDermott.The Buildings of England: West Kent and the Weald, page 266.

Present day

It is a

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administered by

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, who coordinate admissions to the school. The Malling School offers

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and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils at Key Stage 4, while students in the sixth form have the option to study

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programmes of study, further BTECs and A-levels. It was inspected by

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in March 2023 and found to be 'good' with three out of five aspects rated 'outstanding'.

Description

The school is smaller than the average-sized secondary school, with a small sixth form with more boys than girls. Students enter the school with lower previous achievement than average. Most are White British with a below-average proportion of students are from minority ethnic groups. The proportion of students who receive support through the pupil premium is higher than average, and about a quarter of Year 7 students receive catch-up funding for students who failed to attain the nationally expected level in English or mathematics at the end of

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. The school has a specially resourced unit, the Tydeman Centre, for 90 students who have statements of special educational needs for speech, language and communication needs.

References

External links

The Malling School official website
With link to Transition Video. {{DEFAULTSORT:Malling School Secondary schools in Kent Tonbridge and Malling Foundation schools in Kent