Address — The Judd School, Brook Street, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 2PN
Type of school — Boys’ grammar school
Headteacher — Mr Jonathan Wood
Cost — Free
Pupils in school — 1317
Places available in year 7 — 180
Average applicants per place — 4 or more.
Catchment area — The Judd School does have a catchment area with an Inner and Outer area of priority.
The inner area is defined by the following postcodes:
TN1, TN2, TN3, TN4, TN8, TN9, TN10, TN11, TN12, TN13, TN14, TN15;
ME18, ME19;
TN16 1** and TN16 2** (not TN16 3** or TN16 9**);
DA4 0** (not DA4 9**).
Plus the civil parish of Halstead (where this is not included above)
The Outer Area is defined as anywhere within the mainland of the UK but outside of the inner area.
View a map of the inner area here.
Oversubscription policy — Before the application of oversubscription criteria, students with an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) which names the school and who have passed the assessment will be admitted. As a result of this the published admissions number will be reduced accordingly.
157 places are allocated to students resident in the Inner Area.
23 places are allocated to students resident in the Outer Area.
Where qualifying applications for admission exceed the number of Inner Area places available, places will be allocated in the following order of priority:
Children in Local Authority Care or Previously in Local Authority Care.
Academic Ability- This will be measured by ranked aggregate scores on the Kent PESE tests (the highest score being given the highest rank).
Distance - Where scores are the same, students will be further ranked by distance from home to school (with the nearest given the highest ranking).
Please note - Up to 5 of these places are made reserved for children in receipt of free school meals/pupil premium.
Where qualifying applications for admission exceed the number of Outer Area places available, places will be allocated in the following order of priority:
Children in Local Authority Care or Previously in Local Authority Care.
Academic Ability- This will be measured by ranked aggregate scores on the Kent PESE tests (the highest score being given the highest rank).
Distance - Where scores are the same, students will be further ranked by distance from home to school (with the nearest given the highest ranking).
