Academy converter · Primary
West Malling · ME19 6HN · Kent
Ages 4–11
Status: Open
0.5 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 138737
West Malling Church of England Primary School and McGinty Speech and Language Srp
Academy converter · West Malling · ME19 6RL
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 4–11
Pupils
191
Local authority
Kent
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (primary), Ages 4–11, in West Malling, Kent, 191 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy, special school. Free school meals: 30.4%. SEN provision includes: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Rochester.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 138737
Location
- Address
- Old Cricket Ground, Norman Road
- Postcode
- ME19 6RL
- Town
- West Malling
- County
- Kent
- Local authority
- Kent
- District
- Tonbridge and Malling
- Constituency
- Maidstone and Malling
- Urban/rural
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 191
- Boys / girls
- 106 / 85
- School capacity
- 210
- Capacity fill
- 191 / 210 (91%)
- Free school meals
- 30.4%
- FSM pupils
- 58
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Rochester
- Governance
- Academy trust: THE TENAX SCHOOLS TRUST
- Academy trust
- THE TENAX SCHOOLS TRUST
- Sponsor
- The Tenax Schools Trust
SEN & specialist provision
SEN types and resourced/SEN unit places as recorded in GIAS. This is provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
- Resourced provision
- Resourced provision
- Resourced places
- 14 on roll / 20 capacity
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr David Rye
- Telephone
- 01732842061
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-01-24
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 58%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 104.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 105.0
Absence
Pupil absence rates from DfE pupil absence in schools in England. Persistent absence means 10% or more of sessions missed; severe absence means 50% or more. Lower figures are better.
Academic year 2023/24
Overall absence
4.9%
Persistent absence
11.9%
Unauthorised
1.1%
- Authorised absence
- 3.9%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 193
Recent years
- 2022/23
- Overall 5.8% · Persistent 12.6%
- 2021/22
- Overall 5.6% · Persistent 13.0%