Skip to content
A free, independent guide for parents - updated each admissions cycle. 26,506 schools · England & Wales
catchment.school

Schools in Malton

Reviewed by the catchment.school editorial team · Last updated 15 March 2026

Malton in North Yorkshire has 13 schools in the catchment.school database, including 11 primaries and 2 secondaries – Norton College and Malton School. Both secondaries draw from a wide rural catchment taking in villages across the Ryedale district. North Yorkshire Council coordinates admissions, publishing annual oversubscription criteria and catchment boundary maps each September.

Seven of the 13 schools are academies operating under their own admissions policies, while four carry a Church of England or Roman Catholic designation. With an average fill rate of 84% and four schools currently at or above their published admission number, competition for places at popular primaries in the town centre is real. Six of the nine Ofsted-rated schools in the area are rated Good or Outstanding, and catchment distance tends to be tightest at those schools at the next intake.

School demand in Malton

Across the 13 schools in Malton with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 84%. 4 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.

4 schools in Malton have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.

7 of the schools in Malton are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of North Yorkshire, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.

9 of the schools in Malton have a current Ofsted rating, of which 6 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.

Primary schools in Malton: 3 oversubscribed (11)

Secondary Schools in Malton (2)

Catchment area boundaries for schools in Malton are set by North Yorkshire and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.

Get admissions updates by email

Join parents who get catchment boundary changes and key admissions dates - free, once per term.

No spam. Unsubscribe any time.