Coombe Girls' School

School overview

Coombe Girls' School is a girls' secondary school serving New Malden, Kingston upon Thames, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 1,538 pupils aged 11 to 18 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Coombe Girls' School 'Good'. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 55.3, above the national average of 46. That is down 2.8 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 14% of secondary schools in England.

64% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well above the national average of about 45%. 82% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. 86% of the families who made Coombe Girls' School their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. The council's own allocation figures show the last child offered a place for 2025 lived 1.84 miles away in a straight line — that distance is not a fixed catchment and moves each year. After Year 11, 96% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 8.4%. There are about 16.5 pupils per teacher. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.