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Hadlow Rural Community School

Tonbridge Road, Hadlow, Kent, TN11 0AU ·

Ofsted:Requires improvement· 2024
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At a glance

A state secondary free school for ages 11–16 in Hadlow. Rated Requires improvement at its last graded Ofsted inspection (June 2024). GCSE results are well below the England average (Attainment 8: 36.3 vs 46.1, 2024/25). Oversubscribed: 109 families put it first for 77 places (September 2026 entry).

Ages
11–16
Pupils
377
Gender
Mixed
Sixth form
No
Admissions
Non-selective
Local authority
Kent
Academy trust
HADLOW RURAL COMMUNITY SCHOOL LIMITED
Headteacher
Mr Paul Boxall
Opened
Sept 2013
School website 01732498120 Explore the area

Inspection

Ofsted (framework in use until November 2025)

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Graded inspection 18 Jun 2024
Requires improvementOverall effectiveness
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement

Safeguarding effective: Yes

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Exam results

Department for Education performance tables

GCSE results, 2024/25 · 69 pupils

Attainment 8
36.3
England 46.1
Grade 5+ Eng & maths
30.4%
England 45.4%
Grade 4+ Eng & maths
47.8%
England 64.8%
Progress 8
-0.08
2023/24 · CI -0.44 to 0.29
This school
36.3
Kent
46.7
England
46.1

Attainment 8 over time

Progress 8 isn't published for 2024/25 because those pupils had no KS2 test results (tests were cancelled in 2020). Exams were not held in 2019/20 or 2020/21.

Admissions

Demand for places and how places are allocated

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Year 7 entry, September 2026 (national offer day data)

Offers made
77
1st preferences
109
All applications
302
1st prefs per place
1.42
More first choices than places

74 of 109 first-preference applicants were offered a place (68%).

Oversubscribed with first preferences

Catchment area

We don't have an official catchment boundary for this school. Many schools don't have one, and few councils publish boundaries as open data. We don't estimate catchments. Check the school's admissions policy or the council's admissions booklet.

Last distance offered

Not published nationally. Many councils publish the furthest distance offered for each school in their annual allocation reports. Past distances vary year to year with demand and sibling numbers, so they are not a guarantee.

How places are allocated: you apply through your home council. When a school has more applicants than places, it applies its published oversubscription criteria in order. These usually start with looked-after children, then siblings, then catchment or distance; faith schools may prioritise church attendance. Children with an EHC plan naming the school are admitted first. Apply on GOV.UK

Pupils

School census 2024/25

Pupils
391
Capacity
375
101% full
Girls / boys
42/58
Mixed
  • Eligible for free school meals (last 6 years)31.2%
  • English as an additional language1.8%
  • SEN support27.9%
  • Education, Health and Care plan8.4%
  • The black tick shows the median for state-funded secondary schools in England.
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