[1] It opened as Clare Park Secondary School in 1957, designed by Read & McDermott.

The Malling School offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils at Key Stage 4, while students in the sixth form have the option to study International Baccalaureate programmes of study, further BTECs and A-levels.

[3] It was inspected by Ofsted in March 2023 and found to be 'good' with three out of five aspects rated 'outstanding'.

Most are White British with a below-average proportion of students are from minority ethnic groups.

The proportion of students who receive support through the pupil premium is higher than average, and about a quarter of Year 7 students receive catch-up funding for students who failed to attain the nationally expected level in English or mathematics at the end of Key Stage 2.