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Coombe Boys' School

URN
137859
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Coombe Boys' School
URN
137859
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Boys
Age range
11-18
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Strong

76 / 100

Strong

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

89

Inspection

55

Admissions Value

70

Destinations

66

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Top 25% of secondary schools in England

Top 25% nationally

#8 of 11 schools in Kingston upon Thames

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Consider

This school has a mixed profile and may warrant further investigation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Target school
  • Admissions pressure: Very high competition
  • Admissions risk: Very high risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Safe
  • National comparison: Lower crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Competitive
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 8 alternative schools identified

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  • Last admitted distance
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  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
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Ofsted inspections

Ungraded inspection
Latest publication date
19 October 2023
Inspection date
13 September 2023
Inspection type
-
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Outcome

    School remains Good

    Graded 19 October 2023

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Inspection history

Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

Admissions

Very High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

194

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

623

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

194

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

3.21×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Kingston upon Thames
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a secondary school place (Kingston upon Thames)
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)
School website
http://www.coombeboysschool.org

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Kingston upon Thames to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 4 (secondary)

Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

Attainment 8

Attainment 8

54.8

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

67.4%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

82.0%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

69.2%

EBacc achievement

Location

KT3 6NU - College Gardens, Blakes Lane, New Malden, Surrey

Contact details

Address
College Gardens, Blakes Lane, New Malden, Surrey
Postcode
KT3 6NU
Phone
2089491537
Website
http://www.coombeboysschool.org
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Kingston upon Thames
Local authority code
314

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 103 schools in Kingston upon Thames.

Authority statistics

Total schools

103

Open schools

65

Closed schools

38

Primary schools

49

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    19 October 202313 September 2023-School remains GoodView report for inspection published 19 October 2023
    • School remains Good

      Published
      19 October 2023
      Inspected
      13 September 2023
      Type
      -
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    31.1%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 124

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    EBacc achievement

    38.4%

    Post-16 (A level)

    Average

    Post-16 (A level) data for academic year 2024/25

    Official Department for Education 16 to 18 performance (A level) for academic year 2024/25.

    Average point score per entry

    APS

    21.4

    Value added

    Value added

    -0.30

    AAB with two facilitating subjects

    AAB %

    Not published

    Retention

    Retention %

    Not published

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    94.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    1.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    1.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    3.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    21

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary49 (48.5%)
    • Secondary21 (20.8%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other31 (30.7%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Coombe Boys' School0 mSecondaryClosed
    Burlington Junior School454 mPrimaryOpen
    Burlington Infant and Nursery School454 mPrimaryOpen
    Blossom House School550 mNot applicableOpen
    Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School745 mPrimaryOpen
    The Study School860 mNot applicableClosed
    Tennis Avenue School953 mNot applicableOpen
    Raynes Park High School1.0 kmSecondaryOpen
    The Holy Cross School1.0 kmSecondaryClosed
    The Holy Cross School1.1 kmSecondaryOpen
    • Coombe Boys' School
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Burlington Junior School
      Distance
      454 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Burlington Infant and Nursery School
      Distance
      454 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Blossom House School
      Distance
      550 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Open

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (Kingston upon Thames)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Chessington SchoolSecondaryKT9 2JSClosed
    Chessington SchoolSecondaryKT9 2JSOpen
    Coombe Boys' SchoolSecondaryKT3 6NUClosed
    Coombe Girls' SchoolSecondaryKT3 3TUClosed
    Coombe Girls' SchoolSecondaryKT3 3TUOpen
    • Chessington School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      KT9 2JS
      Status
      Closed
    • Chessington School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      KT9 2JS
      Status
      Open
    • Coombe Boys' School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      KT3 6NU
      Status
      Closed
    • Coombe Girls' School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      KT3 3TU
      Status
      Closed
    • Coombe Girls' School
    Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School
    Distance
    745 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • The Study School
    Distance
    860 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • Tennis Avenue School
    Distance
    953 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • Raynes Park High School
    Distance
    1.0 km
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Open
  • The Holy Cross School
    Distance
    1.0 km
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Closed
  • The Holy Cross School
    Distance
    1.1 km
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Open
  • Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    KT3 3TU
    Status
    Open