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Hillview School for Girls

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,500Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • GirlsPupils
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 137104URN

Brionne Gardens, Tonbridge, TN9 2HE · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodDec 2013
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Sep 2023
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.2per place
close to Kent median (3.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in KentSelective

740 applications for 235 places · 51st of 103 in Kent
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
49.1of 90
36th of 100 in Kent
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodDec 2013
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Sep 2023

Inspection history

  1. 20 September 2023
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
  2. 11 December 2013
    Graded inspection: Good

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About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
3.2applications per place, Year 7
close to Kent median (3.1) 0.9 above England median (2.2)

740 applications · 235 places offered · 222 named it first

  1. 2026 3.2; Kent median median 3.1
  2. 2025 3.1; Kent median median 3.0
  3. 2024 3.1; Kent median median 3.2
  4. 2023 3.2; Kent median median 3.2
  5. 2022 2.8; Kent median median 2.9
  6. 2021 3.5; Kent median median 3.6
  7. 2020 2.9; Kent median median 3.1
  8. 2019 2.7; Kent median median 2.9
  9. 2018 2.4; Kent median median 3.1
  10. 2017 2.5; Kent median median 3.0
  11. 2016 2.6; Kent median median 3.3
  12. 2015 2.6; Kent median median 3.2
  13. 2014 2.7; Kent median median 3.1
  • This school
  • Kent median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262357403.22220.94
Sep 20252337203.12180.94
Sep 20242347303.12280.97
Sep 20232327513.22120.91
Sep 20222386702.82611.10
Sep 20212408483.51520.63
Sep 20202366862.92581.09
Sep 20192406512.72230.93
Sep 20182405682.42050.85
Sep 20172085142.51750.84
Sep 20162075332.61670.81
Sep 20152075362.61610.78
Sep 20142075492.71950.94

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

225 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)49.136th of 100 in Kent
Grade 5 or above in English and maths47%38th of 100 in Kent
Grade 4 or above in English and maths73%
  • This school
  • Kent median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.37
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)22549.147%73%–
2024/2522548.052%74%–
2023/2421649.553%76%+0.37
2022/2323248.541%73%+0.34

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

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  • Urgent improvement
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School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
137104 · 886/5450
Trust
Hillview School for Girls Academy Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,340 pupils · 1,500 on roll
Free school meals
16.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 August 2011
Replaced
Hillview School for Girls (URN 118922)
Address
Brionne Gardens, Tonbridge, TN9 2HE
Local authority
Kent · Tonbridge and Malling

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources