Schools in Tonbridge and Malling[1]

Local authority district E07000115 · 65 open schools[2]

Neighbourhood deprivation

The district's 78 neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs)[3] by their place in England's Index of Multiple Deprivation, in fifths of all neighbourhoods (1 in 5 of England's neighbourhoods is in each fifth):

most deprived 20%: 2 (3%)[4]
second 20%: 10 (13%)[4]
middle 20%: 12 (15%)[4]
fourth 20%: 25 (32%)[4]
least deprived 20%: 29 (37%)[4]

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 deciles grouped in pairs; it describes the neighbourhoods, not the pupils who attend the district's schools.

By kind of deprivation

The share of the district's neighbourhoods in each fifth of England's on each part of the index (the most deprived 20% are deciles 1 and 2, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of England's neighbourhoods):

Measure	Most deprived 20%	Second	Middle	Fourth	Least deprived 20%
Income	3%[4]	15%[4]	21%[4]	26%[4]	36%[4]
Employment	5%[4]	13%[4]	18%[4]	21%[4]	44%[4]
Education and skills	9%[4]	15%[4]	17%[4]	31%[4]	28%[4]
Health and disability	0%[4]	12%[4]	17%[4]	31%[4]	41%[4]
Crime	12%[4]	17%[4]	31%[4]	23%[4]	18%[4]
Housing and services	18%[4]	23%[4]	26%[4]	17%[4]	17%[4]
Living environment	4%[4]	17%[4]	15%[4]	23%[4]	41%[4]
Children in low-income families	4%[4]	12%[4]	22%[4]	23%[4]	40%[4]

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Income: People on low incomes: out of work, or in work on low pay, and receiving benefits or tax credits. Employment: Working-age people out of work through unemployment, sickness, disability or caring. Education and skills: Low attainment and skills: children's results and staying on in education, adults' qualifications and English. Health and disability: Risk of early death and of a poorer quality of life through ill health or disability. Crime: Risk of personal and material victimisation: recorded violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage. Housing and services: Barriers to housing and services: distance to a GP, school, shop and post office, and housing that is unaffordable, overcrowded or hard to get. Living environment: The quality of the local environment: housing in poor condition or without central heating, air quality and road accidents. Children in low-income families: Children aged 0–15 living in income-deprived families (the IDACI, part of the income measure).

Census 2021

Shares in the district's neighbourhoods together, on census day (21 March 2021):

Households that own their home: 70.0% of 53,591 households[5] (England: 61.3%[5])
Adults with a degree or similar: 32.5% of 105,517 residents aged 16 and over[6] (England: 33.9%[6])
Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: 16.4% of 105,525 residents aged 16 and over[7] (England: 13.2%[7])

Households that own their home: Households that own their home outright or with a mortgage or loan (shared ownership not included), of all households. Adults with a degree or similar: Residents aged 16 and over whose highest qualification is Level 4 or above (a degree, HND, NVQ level 4 or higher), of all residents aged 16 and over. Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: Residents aged 16 and over in higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations (NS-SEC classes 1–3, by their current or most recent job), of all residents aged 16 and over.

Grammar schools (3)

School	Ages	Headline results
The Judd School	11–18[2]	A8 78 2025/26[8] AL A- 2024/25[9]
Tonbridge Grammar School	11–18[2]	A8 77 2025/26[8]
Weald of Kent Grammar School	11–18[2]	A8 69 2025/26[8] AL B 2024/25[9]

Secondary schools (8)

School	Ages	Headline results
Aylesford School	11–18[2]	A8 37 2025/26[8] AL D+ 2024/25[9]
Hadlow Rural Community School	11–16[2]	A8 39 2025/26[8]
Hillview School for Girls	11–18[2]	A8 49 2025/26[8] AL C+ 2024/25[9]
Leigh Academy Hugh Christie	11–18[2]	A8 38 2025/26[8] AL C 2024/25[9]
Leigh Academy Tonbridge	11–18[2]	A8 44 2025/26[8] AL D+ 2024/25[9]
The Holmesdale School	11–18[2]	A8 40 2025/26[8]
The Malling School	11–18[2]	A8 39 2025/26[8]
Wrotham School	11–18[2]	A8 42 2025/26[8] AL C 2024/25[9]

Primary schools (45)

School	Ages	Headline results
Bishop Chavasse Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 65% 2024/25[10]
Borough Green Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 30% 2024/25[10]
Brookfield Infant School	5–7[2]
Brookfield Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 63% 2024/25[10]
Burham Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 70% 2024/25[10]
Cage Green Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 57% 2024/25[10]
Ditton Church of England Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 44% 2024/25[10]
Ditton Infant School	4–7[2]
East Peckham Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 59% 2024/25[10]
Hadlow Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 38% 2024/25[10]
Hildenborough Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 75% 2024/25[10]
Ightham Primary School	4–11[2]
Kings Hill School Primary and Nursery	2–11[2]	KS2 63% 2024/25[10]
Leybourne, St Peter and St Paul Church of England Primary Academy	4–11[2]	KS2 81% 2024/25[10]
Lift St James the Great	3–11[2]	KS2 79% 2024/25[10]
Long Mead Community Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 47% 2024/25[10]
Lunsford Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 35% 2024/25[10]
Mereworth Community Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 81% 2024/25[10]
More Park Catholic Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 72% 2024/25[10]
Offham Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 59% 2024/25[10]
Platt Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 44% 2024/25[10]
Plaxtol Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 85% 2024/25[10]
Royal Rise Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 73% 2024/25[10]
Ryarsh Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 73% 2024/25[10]
Shipbourne School	4–11[2]	KS2 86% 2024/25[10]
Slade Primary School and Attached Unit for Children with Hearing Impairment	4–11[2]	KS2 64% 2024/25[10]
Snodland CofE Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 61% 2024/25[10]
St George's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 50% 2024/25[10]
St Katherine's School & Nursery	3–11[2]	KS2 53% 2024/25[10]
St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 86% 2024/25[10]
St Mark's Church of England Primary School, Eccles	4–11[2]	KS2 56% 2024/25[10]
St Peter's Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 72% 2024/25[10]
Stocks Green Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 56% 2024/25[10]
Sussex Road Community Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 85% 2024/25[10]
The Discovery School	4–11[2]	KS2 80% 2024/25[10]
Trottiscliffe Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
Tunbury Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 57% 2024/25[10]
Valley Invicta Primary School At Aylesford	5–11[2]	KS2 70% 2024/25[10]
Valley Invicta Primary School at Holborough Lakes	4–11[2]	KS2 81% 2024/25[10]
Valley Invicta Primary School At Kings Hill	4–11[2]	KS2 90% 2024/25[10]
Valley Invicta Primary School At Leybourne Chase	4–11[2]	KS2 76% 2024/25[10]
Wateringbury Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 66% 2024/25[10]
West Malling Church of England Primary School and McGinty Speech and Language Srp	4–11[2]	KS2 60% 2024/25[10]
Woodlands Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 74% 2024/25[10]
Wouldham, All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 49% 2024/25[10]

Independent schools (4)

School	Ages	Headline results
Hilden Grange School	2–13[2]
Hilden Oaks Preparatory School and Nursery	0–11[2]
Sackville School	11–19[2]	AL D+ 2024/25[9]
Tonbridge School	13–18[2]	AL A 2024/25[9]

Special schools and alternative provision (5)

School	Ages	Headline results
Grange Park School	9–19[2]
Hilden Park	6–18[2]
Medway Green School	5–16[2]
Nexus Foundation Special School	2–19[2]
The Rosewood School	11–18[2]

Sources

Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: LSOA (2021) to Electoral Ward (2026) to LAD (2026) Best Fit Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-07. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: English Indices of Deprivation. Period 2025. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: Census 2021: TS054 Tenure. Period 2021-03-21, final, published 2023-01-06. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: Census 2021: TS067 Highest level of qualification. Period 2021-03-21, final, published 2023-01-10. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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