Richard Challoner School, New Malden

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Coming up: an open evening on Friday 6 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2026, pupils at Richard Challoner School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 60.5, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 60.2 in Kingston upon Thames and 47 across England.

75% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 69% in Kingston upon Thames and 47% in England.

That is up from 59.4 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.84: pupils made well above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 52.3, against 61.4 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 9.1 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 21 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and Spanish.

For September 2026 entry, 234 families put Richard Challoner School as their first choice and 646 named it as one of their preferences, for 150 places offered. That is 1.6 first choices for every place. 96 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Richard Challoner School are The Holy Cross School (0.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 58.4); Coombe Boys' School (1.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 53.2); Tolworth Girls' School and Sixth Form (1.5 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 55); and Epsom and Ewell High School (1.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 39.4).

Richard Challoner School's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Richard Challoner School is one of 8 schools run by Christ the Redeemer Catholic Education Trust, an academy trust.

Of the 153 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 95% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 16% to a further education college and 3% to an apprenticeship.

Of the 142 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 66% went on to university or other higher education, 3% to apprenticeships and 18% into work. 38% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

9.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 203 pupils (18.8%) received SEN support and 73 (6.8%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

Richard Challoner School has a resourced provision (15 places, 12 pupils on roll) and a SEN unit (16 places, 15 pupils on roll) for autism, social, emotional and mental health needs and moderate learning difficulties.

The nearest railway station is Malden Manor, about 240 metres away (roughly a 3-minute walk).

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Malden Manor / Richard Challoner School, 150 metres away.

In 2024/25, Richard Challoner School issued 57 suspensions, 5.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Richard Challoner School are Malden Manor Primary and Nursery School (0.3 miles), Malden Parochial CofE Primary School (0.4 miles), Knollmead Primary School (0.6 miles) and Grand Avenue Primary and Nursery School (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.