Schools in New Malden
New Malden has 12 schools including 7 primaries and 4 secondaries, all within the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames admissions area. The fill rate averages 97 per cent across 11 schools — one of the highest in the borough — and three schools are oversubscribed. Competition for places is real, particularly at the secondary level where four schools serve the area.
Five schools carry Roman Catholic or Church of England designations. Five operate as academies. All four schools that have been recently Ofsted-rated hold Good or Outstanding, reflecting the area's sustained reputation for school quality. Kingston publishes last-distance-offered data annually — checking these figures is essential before listing preferences.
School demand in New Malden
Across the 11 schools in New Malden with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 97%. 3 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.
5 schools in New Malden have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
5 of the schools in New Malden are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Kingston upon Thames, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
4 of the schools in New Malden have a current Ofsted rating, of which 4 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in New Malden: 1 oversubscribed (7)
Burlington Junior School
Primary · Community school
New Malden · KT3 4LT
Burlington Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Community school
New Malden · KT3 4LT
Malden Manor Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Community school
New Malden · KT3 5PF
King's Oak Primary School
Primary · Community school
New Malden · KT3 3RZ
Christ Church New Malden CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
New Malden · KT3 3HN
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
New Malden · KT3 4ND
Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
New Malden · KT3 3JU
Secondary Schools in New Malden (4)
Richard Challoner School
Secondary · Academy converter
New Malden · KT3 5PE
Coombe Girls' School
Secondary · Academy converter
New Malden · KT3 3TU
Coombe Boys' School
Secondary · Academy converter
New Malden · KT3 6NU
The Holy Cross School
Secondary · Academy converter
New Malden · KT3 5AR
Other Schools in New Malden (1)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in New Malden are set by Kingston upon Thames and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.