Coombe Girls' School
Clarence Avenue, New Malden, KT3 3TU
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Girls
- Trust
- COOMBE ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Ms Emily Barns
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Coombe Academy Trust
- SEN provision
- HI - Hearing Impairment, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication
- Constituency
- Kingston and Surbiton
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,558
- Pupils on roll
- 1,500
- URN
- 137848
- Local authority
- Kingston upon Thames
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02089421242
About this school
Coombe Girls' School is a girls' secondary academy in New Malden. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,500 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Coombe Girls' School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth form
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 244 | 242 | 243 |
| Attainment 8 score | 54.1 | 58.1 | 55.3 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.52 +0.33 to +0.71 | +0.70 +0.52 to +0.89 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 60% | 68.2% | 64.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 75% | 83.5% | 81.5% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 71% | 64.9% | 70.8% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 5.0 | 5.4 | 5.2 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Coombe Girls' 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 | Kingston upon Thames average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 54.1 | 51.2 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 58.1 | 50 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 55.3 | 50.8 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,582 |
| 2023/24 | 1,559 |
| 2024/25 | 1,538 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Coombe Girls' School compares
Coombe Girls' School ranked 7th of 11 secondary schools in Kingston upon Thames for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 88% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 11% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 55.3 | 9% | 22.4% | 1,500 | — |
| The Holy Cross School | 59.2 | 5.6% | 11.9% | 994 | 0.9 miles |
| Raynes Park High School | 45.3 | 8.7% | 44.3% | 1,134 | 1.1 miles |
| Coombe Boys' School | 54.8 | 6.9% | 17.1% | 1,007 | 1.2 miles |
| Tiffin School | 79.1 | 4.4% | 3.4% | 1,478 | 1.4 miles |
| Richard Challoner School | 59.4 | 4.6% | 10.3% | 1,079 | 1.8 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 22.42%
- English as an additional language
- 42.5%
- Overall absence
- 9.03%
- Persistent absence
- 25.63%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The Holy Cross School0.9 miles
Secondary · New Malden
-
Raynes Park High School1.1 miles
Secondary · London
-
Coombe Boys' School1.2 miles
Secondary · New Malden
-
Tiffin School1.4 miles
Secondary · Kingston upon Thames
-
Richard Challoner School1.8 miles
Secondary · New Malden
Other schools in New Malden
- Coombe Boys' School Secondary
- Richard Challoner School Secondary
- The Holy Cross School Secondary
- Burlington Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Burlington Junior School Primary
- Christ Church New Malden CofE Primary School Primary
- Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School Primary
- King's Oak Primary School Primary
- Malden Manor Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Primary
- Westbury House School Independent schools
Common questions
- What ages does Coombe Girls' School teach?
- Coombe Girls' School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in New Malden.
- Who is the headteacher of Coombe Girls' School?
- The headteacher of Coombe Girls' School is Ms Emily Barns, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Coombe Girls' School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Coombe Girls' School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Coombe Girls' School?
- Coombe Girls' School has 1,500 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Coombe Girls' School full?
- Coombe Girls' School has capacity for 1,558 pupils and 1,500 on roll (96%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Coombe Girls' School a faith school?
- No. Coombe Girls' School has no designated religious character.
- Is Coombe Girls' School a selective school?
- No. Coombe Girls' School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is Coombe Girls' School part of an academy trust?
- Coombe Girls' School is part of COOMBE ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Coombe Girls' School have?
- The schools register lists Coombe Girls' School's special educational needs provision as: HI - Hearing Impairment; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Coombe Girls' School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 54.1 in 2022/23 and 55.3 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Coombe Girls' School compare with other schools in Kingston upon Thames?
- Coombe Girls' School ranked 7th of 11 secondary schools in Kingston upon Thames for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 88% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 11% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Coombe Girls' School's absence rate?
- Coombe Girls' School's overall absence rate is 9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Coombe Girls' School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Coombe Girls' 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 1 July 2026.