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Chilmington Green School

SecondaryAges 11–19Free school

near Great Chart, TN23 3DL · Kent local authority

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Getting in
125/164
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 84%)
How full
449 pupils
39% of its 1,140 places
Free school meals
32%
32 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (30)
The gist

What stands out about Chilmington Green School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Room to spare: 449 pupils for 1,140 places
  • Ofsted report card, May 2026: achievement expected standard, safeguarding met (shown, not graded)
  • Outside any built-up area: listed with Great Chart, the nearest town
  • 76% of families who put it first got a place for September 2026 (125 of 164)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (TN23 3) sold for a median £343,500; Great Chart’s is £0
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Chilmington Green School?

76% of the families who put it first got a place for September 2026.

164
families put it first for September 2026
184
places offered
76%
of first choices offered a place (England’s secondaries: 84%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered
Red figures: first choices not offered a place

Years when some first choices missed out: 2024 (33), 2025 (30), 2026 (39). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. United Learning Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through Kent council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for secondary schools nearby, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places

1.25 per place
75% got their first choice
1.17 per place
71% got their first choice
1.01 per place
86% got their first choice
0.96 per place
86% got their first choice
Chilmington Green
0.89 per place
76% got their first choice
0.64 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

274 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
21.5%England 14%
EHC plan
5.8%England 3.2%
English as an additional language
9.5%England 19%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
27.7%England 29.6%

Girls and boys

Girls 44%Boys 56%
Its letter

No letter for Chilmington Green School

No published GCSE results: a new school with no Year 11 yet, or a cohort small enough for DfE to suppress. No results, no letter.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Report card, inspection starting May 2026.

SafeguardingMet
AchievementExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
InclusionStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and well-beingExpected standard
Leadership and governanceStrong standard

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Chilmington Green School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in TN23 3, the school’s postcode sector

Great Chart property prices →
£343,500
median sale, 691 sales in 36 months

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£150K£200K£250K£300K£350K£400K2010201520202025TN23 3
TN23 3Great Chart

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£465K
Semi-detached
£324K
Terraced
£280K
Flat
£184K
TN23 3Great Chart

HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

4 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNADC+C+Chilmington Green School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

near Great Chart, TN23 3DL

Chilmington Green School: common questions

How hard is it to get into Chilmington Green School?

For September 2026, 164 families put Chilmington Green School first and 125 of them were offered a place; 184 places were offered in all.

What is Chilmington Green School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection (May 2026) gave a report card: achievement expected standard, safeguarding met. Ofsted stopped giving one-word overall grades in September 2024.

How much do houses cost near Chilmington Green School?

Homes in its postcode sector, TN23 3, sold for a median £343,500 over the 36 months to August 2026 (691 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Great Chart’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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