Hillview School for Girls

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 19 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Kent
Unique reference
137104
Address
Brionne Gardens, TN9 2HE

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1544 (94% of total capacity)
Boys
4.7%
Girls
95.3%
First language not English
6.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
14.1%
Persistent absence
26.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 78.7%
Other White 7.7%
Mixed 4.4%
Unclassified 4%
Chinese 1%
African 0.9%
Other 0.8%
Indian 0.6%
Gypsy/Roma 0.5%
Other Asian 0.5%
Irish 0.4%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Pakistani 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 8%
Local authority average 47%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 52%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 48
Local authority average 46.6
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.01
Local authority average 4.17
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award48
TourismTechnical Award37
Ancient HistoryGCSE35
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE39
Art & DesignGCSE2
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE57
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE33
BiologyGCSE188
Business Studies:SingleGCSE84
ChemistryGCSE147
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Hillview School for Girls

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
233
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
218
2nd preference
176
3rd preference
173
From another Local Authority
24
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
189
2nd preference
29
3rd preference
11
To another Local Authority
6
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes20.3
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
234
0
234
Year 8
223
0
223
Year 9
224
0
224
Year 10
228
0
228
Year 11
230
0
230
Year 12
229
40
189
Year 13
176
33
143
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
91.0%
86.9%
85.5%
Further education
21.0%
28.4%
36.9%
School sixth form
69.0%
57.3%
35.2%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.4%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.8%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
2.5%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
2.7%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
4.9%
5.7%
Destination unknown
1.0%
3.0%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
63.0%
58.3%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
18.0%
19.8%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
2.1%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
2.5%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022