What did Ofsted judge Hadlow Rural Community School's overall effectiveness to be?

Ofsted judged Hadlow Rural Community School's overall effectiveness as Requires improvement at its inspection in June 2024, on Ofsted's own scale.

How many pupils attend Hadlow Rural Community School?

Hadlow Rural Community School has 377 pupils on roll.

What ages does Hadlow Rural Community School take?

Hadlow Rural Community School admits pupils aged 11 to 16.

Where is Hadlow Rural Community School located?

Hadlow Rural Community School is located in Hadlow, TN11 0AU, Kent.

How do I apply to Hadlow Rural Community School?

Hadlow Rural Community School is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for secondary places is 31 October.

How are Year 7 places decided at Hadlow Rural Community School?

When Hadlow Rural Community School has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Looked After Children and previously Looked After Children — Highest priority will be given to Looked After Children or previously looked after, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the School Admissions Code; 2. Medical, health, social and special access reasons — Priority will be given to those children whose mental or physical impairment means they have a demonstrable and significant need to attend a particular school. Equally this priority will apply to children whose parents’/guardians’ physical or mental health or social needs mean that they have a demonstrable and significant need to attend a particular school. Such claims will need to be supported by written evidence from a suitably qualified medical or other practitioner who can demonstrate a special connection between these needs and the particular school; 3. Children of staff — Children of staff where the member of staff has been employed at the school for two or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the school is made, and/or the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage, and 2 further criteria. The school offers 75 places at this entry point.

What is the largest ethnic background at Hadlow Rural Community School?

According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 89.9% of pupils at Hadlow Rural Community School are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

Hadlow Rural Community School: Ofsted, Results & Catchment

How close did you need to live?

Distance depends on the band here

Hadlow Rural Community School admits by banding: applicants are placed into bands and each band is filled separately, so there is no single last-offer distance. Each band has its own, and which one applies depends on your child's assessment — so one number could not answer this for every child.

How the bands work: Any applicants who have passed the Kent Test will automatically be allocated to Band 7. All applicants who have not passed the Kent Test are required to sit a non-verbal cognitive ability assessment. Bands 1-7 with CAT score ranges: Band 1 <82, Band 2 82-88, Band 3 89-96, Band 4 97-103, Band 5 104-111, Band 6 112-118, Band 7 >118, with indicative percentages 11,12,17,20,17,12,11 and indicative student numbers 8,9,13,15,13,9,8. For each band the oversubscription criteria a) to e) will be applied.

Your local authority’s admissions booklet publishes the cut-off for each band. The full ranked criteria are on the Admissions tab.

How places are decided at Hadlow Rural Community School

When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Year 7), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1Looked After Children and previously Looked After Children — Highest priority will be given to Looked After Children or previously looked after, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the School Admissions Code.
2Medical, health, social and special access reasons — Priority will be given to those children whose mental or physical impairment means they have a demonstrable and significant need to attend a particular school. Equally this priority will apply to children whose parents’/guardians’ physical or mental health or social needs mean that they have a demonstrable and significant need to attend a particular school. Such claims will need to be supported by written evidence from a suitably qualified medical or other practitioner who can demonstrate a special connection between these needs and the particular school.
3Children of staff — Children of staff where the member of staff has been employed at the school for two or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the school is made, and/or the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.
4Siblings — Admission of pupils whose siblings currently attend Hadlow Rural Community School and who will continue to do so on the date of admission; sibling means full sibling, step sibling, half sibling, or long term foster sibling living at the same address as the applicant.
5Proximity to school — Admission of students, on the basis of proximity to the school using a straight line measurement, measured as nearness of children's homes to school using the National Land and Property Gazetteer (NLPG) address point.

Oversubscription criteria are applied within each ability band, not as a single school-wide ranking.

Published by the admission authority. Meeting a criterion never guarantees a place — it sets the order places are offered in. Full detail, other entry points and previous years are on the Admissions tab.

Hadlow Rural Community School: key facts

What did Ofsted judge Hadlow Rural Community School's overall effectiveness to be?: Ofsted judged Hadlow Rural Community School's overall effectiveness as Requires improvement at its inspection in June 2024, on Ofsted's own scale.
How many pupils attend Hadlow Rural Community School?: Hadlow Rural Community School has 377 pupils on roll.
What ages does Hadlow Rural Community School take?: Hadlow Rural Community School admits pupils aged 11 to 16.
Where is Hadlow Rural Community School located?: Hadlow Rural Community School is located in Hadlow, TN11 0AU, Kent.
How do I apply to Hadlow Rural Community School?: Hadlow Rural Community School is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for secondary places is 31 October.
How are Year 7 places decided at Hadlow Rural Community School?: When Hadlow Rural Community School has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Looked After Children and previously Looked After Children — Highest priority will be given to Looked After Children or previously looked after, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the School Admissions Code; 2. Medical, health, social and special access reasons — Priority will be given to those children whose mental or physical impairment means they have a demonstrable and significant need to attend a particular school. Equally this priority will apply to children whose parents’/guardians’ physical or mental health or social needs mean that they have a demonstrable and significant need to attend a particular school. Such claims will need to be supported by written evidence from a suitably qualified medical or other practitioner who can demonstrate a special connection between these needs and the particular school; 3. Children of staff — Children of staff where the member of staff has been employed at the school for two or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the school is made, and/or the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage, and 2 further criteria. The school offers 75 places at this entry point.
What is the largest ethnic background at Hadlow Rural Community School?: According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 89.9% of pupils at Hadlow Rural Community School are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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How close did you need to live?

Distance depends on the band here

Your local authority’s admissions booklet publishes the cut-off for each band. The full ranked criteria are on the Admissions tab.

How places are decided at Hadlow Rural Community School

When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Year 7), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1Looked After Children and previously Looked After Children — Highest priority will be given to Looked After Children or previously looked after, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the School Admissions Code.
2Medical, health, social and special access reasons — Priority will be given to those children whose mental or physical impairment means they have a demonstrable and significant need to attend a particular school. Equally this priority will apply to children whose parents’/guardians’ physical or mental health or social needs mean that they have a demonstrable and significant need to attend a particular school. Such claims will need to be supported by written evidence from a suitably qualified medical or other practitioner who can demonstrate a special connection between these needs and the particular school.
3Children of staff — Children of staff where the member of staff has been employed at the school for two or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the school is made, and/or the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.
4Siblings — Admission of pupils whose siblings currently attend Hadlow Rural Community School and who will continue to do so on the date of admission; sibling means full sibling, step sibling, half sibling, or long term foster sibling living at the same address as the applicant.
5Proximity to school — Admission of students, on the basis of proximity to the school using a straight line measurement, measured as nearness of children's homes to school using the National Land and Property Gazetteer (NLPG) address point.

Oversubscription criteria are applied within each ability band, not as a single school-wide ranking.

Hadlow Rural Community School: key facts

What did Ofsted judge Hadlow Rural Community School's overall effectiveness to be?: Ofsted judged Hadlow Rural Community School's overall effectiveness as Requires improvement at its inspection in June 2024, on Ofsted's own scale.
How many pupils attend Hadlow Rural Community School?: Hadlow Rural Community School has 377 pupils on roll.
What ages does Hadlow Rural Community School take?: Hadlow Rural Community School admits pupils aged 11 to 16.
Where is Hadlow Rural Community School located?: Hadlow Rural Community School is located in Hadlow, TN11 0AU, Kent.
How do I apply to Hadlow Rural Community School?: Hadlow Rural Community School is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for secondary places is 31 October.
How are Year 7 places decided at Hadlow Rural Community School?: When Hadlow Rural Community School has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Looked After Children and previously Looked After Children — Highest priority will be given to Looked After Children or previously looked after, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the School Admissions Code; 2. Medical, health, social and special access reasons — Priority will be given to those children whose mental or physical impairment means they have a demonstrable and significant need to attend a particular school. Equally this priority will apply to children whose parents’/guardians’ physical or mental health or social needs mean that they have a demonstrable and significant need to attend a particular school. Such claims will need to be supported by written evidence from a suitably qualified medical or other practitioner who can demonstrate a special connection between these needs and the particular school; 3. Children of staff — Children of staff where the member of staff has been employed at the school for two or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the school is made, and/or the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage, and 2 further criteria. The school offers 75 places at this entry point.
What is the largest ethnic background at Hadlow Rural Community School?: According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 89.9% of pupils at Hadlow Rural Community School are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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