Malton School
Middlecave Road, Malton, YO17 7NH
This school is closed (it closed in April 2024).
It was replaced by Malton School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Rob Williams
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Thirsk and Malton
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 980
- Pupils on roll
- 1,058
- URN
- 121681
- Local authority
- North Yorkshire
About this school
Malton School was a community secondary school in Malton. It taught children aged 11 to 18 and had 1,058 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Malton School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 154 | 158 |
| Attainment 8 score | 49.0 | 46.6 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.14 -0.09 to +0.37 | -0.09 -0.31 to +0.13 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 53% | 44.9% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 77% | 69.6% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 34% | 26.6% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.5 | 4.2 |
Trends over time
How Malton School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | North Yorkshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 49 | 41.9 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 46.6 | 41.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | — | 40.4 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,019 |
| 2023/24 | 1,058 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Malton School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 13% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 8.9% | 20.1% | 1,058 | — |
| Malton School | 46.6 | 7.9% | 21.7% | 999 | 0.0 miles |
| Norton School | 41 | 11.6% | 26.6% | 651 | 1.5 miles |
| Lady Lumley's Academy | 52.7 | 9.5% | 18.4% | 676 | 7.9 miles |
| Ryedale School | 51.7 | 8.9% | 17.2% | 698 | 10.7 miles |
| Huntington School | 48.2 | 10.4% | 16.4% | 1,505 | 14.6 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 20.1%
- English as an additional language
- 4.7%
- Overall absence
- 8.9%
- Persistent absence
- 26.4%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Malton School0.0 miles
Secondary · Malton
-
Norton School1.5 miles
Secondary · Malton
-
Lady Lumley's Academy7.9 miles
Secondary · Pickering
-
Ryedale School10.7 miles
Secondary · York
-
Huntington School14.6 miles
Secondary · York
Other schools in Malton
- Malton School Secondary
- Norton School Secondary
- Amotherby Community Primary School Primary
- Langton Primary School Primary
- Leavening Community Primary School Primary
- Luttons Community Primary Academy Primary
- Malton Primary Academy Primary
- Norton Community Primary School Primary
- Rillington Primary School Primary
- Settrington All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Sherburn Church of England Primary Academy Primary
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Malton School teach?
- Malton School taught children aged 11 to 18. It was a secondary school in Malton.
- Has Malton School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Malton School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Malton School?
- Malton School had 1,058 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- How have Malton School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 49 in 2022/23 and 46.6 in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Malton School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Malton School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 9 July 2024.