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Malton School

Academy converter in Malton, YO17 7NH, taking ages 11 to 18, 999 on roll.

Good Ofsted, Feb 2024
1.87 mi Admitted from, 2025/26
102% Full, over capacity
46.6 Attainment 8, 2024/25

Will an address get in?

In 2025/26, the furthest child offered a place lived 1.87 miles away.

Applying for September 2027? Secondary applications close 31 October 2026; offers on 1 March 2027.

The circle is 1.87 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2025/26.

This is not a catchment area. 1.87 miles was last year's outcome, not a boundary and not a promise.
How to read this

Most English schools do not have a catchment area. When Malton School is oversubscribed, places go outward from the school until they run out, so the distance moves each year with how many families applied and where they lived.

Distances are measured from the postcode's centre, not a front door; a postcode covers a few houses. Siblings, looked-after children come before distance, so a school can fill before distance counts at all.

Real admission areas are not circular: the circle is the distance, not a boundary.

The address on the closing date is the one the council uses. How admissions work.

One published year so far: 2025/26, from North Yorkshire. With two or more, the map can draw any of them.

Source: North Yorkshire, published admission distances, 2025/26

Two schools, both in reach

Two children, or a first and second preference? Add a second school to see where both are in reach, cheapest districts first. Only a school with a published distance can be added.

If the answer is no, you can appeal. In North Yorkshire, 27 of 100 secondary appeals succeeded in 2025 (27.0%; England 19.9%), counted for all the council's schools together. How every council compares.

The distance as a picture

Malton School catchment area map: the 1.87 mile admission distance, 2025/26
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What kind of school this is

AdmissionsNon-selective
Religious characterNo religious character
Sixth formHas a sixth form
How full 999 pupils in 980 places (102% full, over capacity)
TrustPATHFINDER MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
Local authorityNorth Yorkshire

Department for Education register (GIAS).

How the school is doing

Ofsted Good, inspected 04 February 2024
Attainment 8 46.6 (2024/25)

Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.

Who goes to Malton School

Girls and boys47.7% girls, 52.3% boys
English as an additional language7.4% of pupils
Free school meals19.8% of pupils eligible

DfE school census, most recent published year.

Getting to Malton School by bus

No bus stop with a scheduled departure within 600 m of the school, in the timetables operators have published to the Bus Open Data Service.

The fee-paying alternative

Weighing Malton School against the independent sector? Every fee-paying school around YO17: ages, selection, and how full each one is → What it costs to live at YO17 7NH, by the school: council tax, energy, prices, rent, stamp duty →

Checking the house as well as the school

The full report checks one address against every nearby school, with sold prices, flood risk and crime.

Common questions

What is the catchment area for Malton School?

Malton School does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in 2025/26 lived 1.87 miles away, per North Yorkshire.

How close do I need to live to get a place at Malton School?

Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 1.87 miles was enough in 2025/26, and at 102% full the school has little slack. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.

Does buying a house near Malton School guarantee a place?

No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings ahead of distance, so places can be filled before distance is reached. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.

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Admission distance published by North Yorkshire. School details from the Department for Education's register, ratings from Ofsted. Read how every figure on this site is sourced on the methodology page. If something here looks wrong, tell us and it goes on the accuracy log.