Hadlow Rural Community School
About the school
Hadlow Rural Community School is an open secondary school in Kent.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 18 June 2024
- Published
- 17 September 2024
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
- Latest outcome
- Requires improvement
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 36.3
- Kent
- 46.7
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Kent
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 30.40%
- Kent
- 47.00%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 47.80%
- Kent
- 65.10%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 37.70%
- Kent
- 46.90%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 3.22
- Kent
- 4.18
- England
- 4.09
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
391
Girls
40.66%
Boys
59.34%
SEN support
27.88%
Education, health and care plan
8.44%
English as an additional language
1.80%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
31.20%
Overall absence
12.81
Persistent absence
39.58
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
69
Sustained education or employment
83%
Education
77%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
4%
Not sustained
13%