The Judd School
About The Judd School
The Judd School is a boys' secondary in Tonbridge that is significantly oversubscribed, reflecting its strong local reputation. For the 2025/26 intake, the school received 782 applications for just 178 places, an oversubscription ratio of 4. 39 to one. Of those, 290 families put it as their first preference, and 164 first-preference offers were made. The school currently has 1,499 pupils on roll, well above its stated capacity of 1,261, which suggests it is operating at high demand. Just 2. 6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, a figure notably lower than the national average and indicative of a relatively affluent intake. The school is a state-funded grammar, though it has no religious character, and the headteacher is Jonathan Wood. Its most recent Ofsted inspection, in March 2025, rated it Outstanding across all four graded categories: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management.
Key Details
Ofsted Inspection Breakdown
11 Mar 2025From September 2024, Ofsted no longer assigns a single overall grade in inspections of state-funded schools.
Source: Ofsted, 29 Apr 2025. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.
SEND Support
Resourced ProvisionSource: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.
School day
Teaching hours
08:40 – 15:15
Source: judd.online. Extracted automatically — confirm with the school before relying on these times.
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