Graded inspection · Jun 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in KentSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
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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 entry302 applications · 77 places offered · 109 named it first
- 2026 3.9; Kent median median 3.1
- 2025 2.9; Kent median median 3.0
- 2024 2.7; Kent median median 3.2
- 2023 2.9; Kent median median 3.2
- 2022 2.7; Kent median median 2.9
- 2021 4.4; Kent median median 3.6
- 2020 3.9; Kent median median 3.1
- 2019 4.2; Kent median median 2.9
- 2018 5.0; Kent median median 3.1
- 2017 2.8; Kent median median 3.0
- 2016 3.1; Kent median median 3.3
- 2015 2.6; Kent median median 3.2
- 2014 2.9; 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 77 | 302 | 3.9 | 109 | 1.42 |
| Sep 2025 | 89 | 258 | 2.9 | 72 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2024 | 97 | 257 | 2.7 | 74 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2023 | 96 | 277 | 2.9 | 86 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2022 | 95 | 255 | 2.7 | 105 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2021 | 69 | 305 | 4.4 | 84 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2020 | 68 | 265 | 3.9 | 108 | 1.59 |
| Sep 2019 | 72 | 299 | 4.2 | 104 | 1.44 |
| Sep 2018 | 67 | 334 | 5.0 | 126 | 1.88 |
| Sep 2017 | 87 | 242 | 2.8 | 98 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2016 | 64 | 197 | 3.1 | 58 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2015 | 59 | 153 | 2.6 | 47 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2014 | 56 | 164 | 2.9 | 51 | 0.91 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 62 | 39.3 | 27% | 47% | – |
| 2024/25 | 69 | 36.3 | 30% | 48% | – |
| 2023/24 | 60 | 37.7 | 28% | 50% | −0.08 |
| 2022/23 | 69 | 33.5 | 22% | 51% | −0.47 |
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
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Hadlow Rural Community SchoolThis schoolThis schoolRequires improvement20243.9applications per place 39.3Attainment 8
- 3.5 km · KentRequires improvement20231.5applications per place 38.2Attainment 8
- 5.0 km · KentRemains Good20233.2applications per place 49.1Attainment 8
- 5.5 km · KentGraded · no overall grade20243.3applications per place 69.3Attainment 8 Selective
- 5.7 km · KentStandards maintained20245.4applications per place 77.0Attainment 8 Selective
- 6.0 km · KentGraded · no overall grade20255.6applications per place 78.3Attainment 8 Selective
- 6.2 km · KentGood20223.6applications per place 43.9Attainment 8
- 7.3 km · Kent20261.8applications per place 41.9Attainment 8
- 8.7 km · KentStandards maintained20242.7applications per place 42.1Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 139697 · 886/4009
- Trust
- Hadlow Rural Community School Limited
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 375 pupils · 377 on roll
- Free school meals
- 33.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2013
- Address
- Tonbridge Road, Hadlow, TN11 0AU
- Local authority
- Kent · Tonbridge and Malling
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources