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Malton School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Middlecave Road, Malton YO17 7NH · maltonschool.org · 01653 692828

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Dec 2023
GCSEs, 2024/25
46.6
average Attainment 8 score. North Yorkshire 46.5, England 46
Demand for places
1.1
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
999
19 over 980 places · 102%
Local authority
North Yorkshire
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
23.2%
First language not English
7.4%
School census 2025/26

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 165 families put the school first and 155 places were offered; 93% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 173 (Places 151)173September 2023: 168 (Places 141)168September 2024: 167 (Places 150)167September 2025: 190 (Places 160)190September 2026: 165 (Places 155)165Places 155
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20261551651.1▲93%
September 2025Sept 20251601901.2▲84%
September 2024Sept 20241501671.1▲89%
September 2023Sept 20231411681.2▲84%
September 2022Sept 20221511731.1▲85%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 46.6, and 50.3% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across North Yorkshire it was 46.5, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C+ (31.7 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 49.5 (England 46.3)49.52017/18: 48.2 (England 46.5)48.22018/19: 49.3 (England 46.7)49.32021/22: 52.6 (England 48.8)52.62022/23: 49.0 (England 46.3)49.02023/24: 46.6 (England 45.9)46.62024/25: 46.6 (England 46.0)46.6England 46.0

Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 121681)

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form46.2−6.8
Sixth form college1.9−1.5
Further education32.3+3.4
Other education0.6−1.4
Apprenticeship9.5+3.5
Employment2.5−0.9
Not in a lasting destination5.7+3
Activity not captured1.3+0.6

Published for the predecessor school (URN 121681)

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 28.7 (England 30.5)C2016/17: 31.2 (England 31.1)C2017/18: 28.1 (England 32.1)C-2018/19: 28.6 (England 32.9)C2021/22: 35.1 (England 37.9)B-2022/23: 36.4 (England 34.2)B-2023/24: 29.7 (England 34.4)C2024/25: 31.7 (England 35.0)C+England 35.0
13%AAB or better
95.9%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2485C (29.7)-0.23
2022/2358B- (36.4)—
2021/2261B- (35.1)—
2018/1977C (28.6)-0.02
2017/1846C- (28.1)-0.15
2016/1762C (31.2)-0.15
2015/1674C (28.7)-0.10

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University40.2−3.3
Other education1.5−3.2
Apprenticeship15+4.4
Employment29.1+5.6
Not in a lasting destination11.80
Activity not captured2.4−3.5

Ofsted

Malton School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 13 December 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
13 Dec 2023
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 121681)

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formOutstanding

Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Mar 2019

Earlier inspections

Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 121681), which Ofsted links to this one.

Before September 2019

  • Mar 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
    SafeguardingEffective

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 121681)

  • Oct 2015Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
    SafeguardingEffective

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 121681)

  • Oct 2013Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 121681)

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