Hillview School for Girls

Academy converter·Secondary school Tonbridge, Kent·TN9 2HE
Composite score
60.0
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#1,198
National rank
#198
In South East
#36
In Kent
Top 38%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
48.0
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
52%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
74%
% EBacc grade 5+
6%
EBacc average points score
3.01

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
84%
222 first choices, 235 places
First choices per place
0.94
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
740
any preference, for 235 places
Applications from another council area
3%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.01
00.511.5
1 per place
1.1020220.9120230.9720240.9420250.942026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Kent does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Year 7 place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Hillview School for Girls. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,544
Gender
Girls
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
16.8%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
6.5%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.3%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
1.4%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
9.1%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
27.4%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.5
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,144
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
95%
232 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
92%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
1%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

School overview

Hillview School for Girls is a girls' secondary school serving Tonbridge, Kent, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 1,544 pupils aged 11 to 18 on roll. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 48.0, broadly in line with the national average of 46. That is down 1.5 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 38% of secondary schools nationally.

52% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, above the national average of about 45%. 74% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. 84% of the families who made Hillview School for Girls their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. After Year 11, 95% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 9.1%. There are about 17.5 pupils per teacher. Hillview School for Girls does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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