Chilmington Green School
Chilmington Green Road, Great Chart, TN23 3DL
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- UNITED LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Jonathan Rutland
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- United Learning Trust
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,140
- Pupils on roll
- 449
- URN
- 149840
- Local authority
- Kent
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01233438800
About this school
Chilmington Green School is a secondary academy in Great Chart. It teaches children aged 11 to 19 and has 449 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Trends over time
How Chilmington Green School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | — | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 122 |
| 2024/25 | 274 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Chilmington Green School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 74% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 4.4% | 27.7% | 449 | — |
| Highworth Grammar School | 70.8 | 4.8% | 8.4% | 1,553 | 2.6 miles |
| The North School | 41.1 | 9.8% | 32.9% | 1,237 | 3.1 miles |
| The Norton Knatchbull School | 67.3 | 4% | 10.4% | 1,348 | 3.4 miles |
| Towers School and Sixth Form Centre | 40.6 | 9.6% | 30.2% | 1,538 | 4.2 miles |
| Wye School | 46.6 | 6.4% | 24.3% | 557 | 6.5 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 27.74%
- English as an additional language
- 9.5%
- Overall absence
- 4.43%
- Persistent absence
- 10.39%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Highworth Grammar School2.6 miles
Secondary · Ashford
-
The North School3.1 miles
Secondary · Ashford
-
The Norton Knatchbull School3.4 miles
Secondary · Ashford
-
Towers School and Sixth Form Centre4.2 miles
Secondary · Ashford
-
Wye School6.5 miles
Secondary · Wye
Common questions
- What year groups does Chilmington Green School teach?
- Chilmington Green School teaches children aged 11 to 19. It is a secondary school in Great Chart.
- Who is the headteacher of Chilmington Green School?
- The headteacher of Chilmington Green School is Mr Jonathan Rutland, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Chilmington Green School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Chilmington Green School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Chilmington Green School?
- Chilmington Green School has 449 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 19.
- Is Chilmington Green School full?
- Chilmington Green School has capacity for 1,140 pupils and 449 on roll (39%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Chilmington Green School a faith school?
- No. Chilmington Green School has no designated religious character.
- Is Chilmington Green School a selective school?
- No. Chilmington Green School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Chilmington Green School?
- Chilmington Green School is part of UNITED LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What is Chilmington Green School's absence rate?
- Chilmington Green School's overall absence rate is 4.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Chilmington Green School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Chilmington Green School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 15 July 2026.