Hillview School for Girls, Tonbridge

Coming up: an open evening on Thursday 19 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2026, pupils at Hillview School for Girls averaged an Attainment 8 score of 49.1, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 48.1 in Kent and 47 across England.

47% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 49% in Kent and 47% in England.

That is up from 48 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.37: pupils made above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 39.6, against 50.8 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 11.2 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 29 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Art and Design and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 222 families put Hillview School for Girls as their first choice and 740 named it as one of their preferences, for 235 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 36 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Hillview School for Girls are Weald of Kent Grammar School (0.3 miles, Requires improvement, selective, Attainment 8 69.3); Tonbridge Grammar School (0.5 miles, Outstanding, selective, Attainment 8 77); The Judd School (0.8 miles, Outstanding, selective, Attainment 8 78.3); and Leigh Academy Tonbridge (1 mile, Good, Attainment 8 43.9).

Hillview School for Girls's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Of the 216 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 88% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 30% to a further education college, 4% to an apprenticeship and 3% into work.

Of the 165 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 45% went on to university or other higher education, 5% to apprenticeships and 29% into work. 12% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

15.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 7.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 263 pupils (17.5%) received SEN support and 26 (1.7%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia.

The nearest railway station is Tonbridge Rail Station, about 960 metres away (roughly a 12-minute walk).

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is King's Road (ne-bound), 160 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 153 crimes within a mile of the school, most often anti-social behaviour, violence and sexual offences and criminal damage and arson. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Kent (101), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Hillview School for Girls issued 214 suspensions, 13.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Hillview School for Girls are Royal Rise Primary School (0.2 miles), Bishop Chavasse Primary School (0.3 miles), Slade Primary School and Attached Unit for Children with Hearing Impairment (0.9 miles) and Sussex Road Community Primary School (0.9 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.