Hadlow Rural Community School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Jun 18 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Kent
Unique reference
139697
Address
Tonbridge Road, TN11 0AU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
391 (90% of total capacity)
Boys
59.3%
Girls
40.7%
First language not English
1.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
28.4%
Persistent absence
32.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
27.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 89.3%
Mixed 3%
Other White 2.3%
Unclassified 2.3%
Gypsy/Roma 1.8%
Other 0.5%
Irish 0.3%
African 0.3%
Other Black 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 38%
Local authority average 47%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 29%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 36.2
Local authority average 46.6
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.22
Local authority average 4.17
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE7
BiologyGCSE24
Business Studies:SingleGCSE23
ChemistryGCSE24
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE42
English LanguageGCSE67
English LiteratureGCSE67
GeographyGCSE39
HistoryGCSE26
MathematicsGCSE66
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Hadlow Rural Community School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
89
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
72
2nd preference
66
3rd preference
64
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
72
2nd preference
10
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes19.7
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
86
50
36
Year 8
85
43
42
Year 9
84
53
31
Year 10
67
42
25
Year 11
69
44
25
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
77.0%
86.9%
85.5%
Further education
54.0%
28.4%
36.9%
School sixth form
22.0%
57.3%
35.2%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.4%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.8%
0.5%
Entering employment
4.0%
2.5%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
2.7%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
13.0%
4.9%
5.7%
Destination unknown
4.0%
3.0%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023