Hillview School for Girls
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Tonbridge, Kent
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
7.725 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Hillview School for Girls is a secondary school in Tonbridge, Kent for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 20 September 2023. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Hillview School for Girls catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 7.725 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In Year 7 2026 the last child offered a place lived 7.725 miles away, the 11th longest of 56 Kent secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was about the same as in 2025 and nearer than in 2023, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 4 years.
- For Year 7 2026: 222 first-choice applications for 235 offers; 186 offers went to first-choice families and 36 first-choice families (16%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 52% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths, the 5th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Kent.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Kent schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Brionne Gardens, Tonbridge, TN9 2HE
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 1,500 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 20 September 2023
Strengths
- “There is a warm, friendly atmosphere both at Hillview and the satellite provision, The View @ East Street (TV@ES).”
- “Pupils and sixth-form students feel safe and cared for.”
- “They have confidence that staff will deal swiftly with any concerns, including rare incidents of bullying.”
To improve
- “This results in some pupils missing out on studying humanities subjects in sufficient breadth by the end of key stage 3.”
- “The school recognises that more pupils would benefit from studying an even more ambitious curriculum, such as represented by the English Baccalaureate (EBacc).”
- “While numbers studying modern foreign languages are increasing, the current curriculum for science at key stage 4 is limiting this ambition for some pupils.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 October 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 52% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 48 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C+ | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 222 first-preference applications, 235 offers in total, 186 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Kent.
- Weald of Kent Grammar School 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Tonbridge Grammar School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Judd School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Tonbridge 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Hugh Christie 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Gregory's Catholic School 2.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hadlow Rural Community School 3.1 mi Requires improvement Last distance published