Hillview School for Girls
Academy converter secondary school in Tonbridge (Kent).
Location
iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).About
The deadline for submitting Secondary School applications for Year 7 September 2026 has now passed. Please contact Kent County Council to make a late application. Applications for Performing and Visual Arts aptitude places for September 2027 entry will open in Spring 2026.
Hillview School for Girls is a specialist Performing & Visual Arts college and, as a result of this, is able to select 10% of students based on their aptitude in one of the four Performing & Visual Arts disciplines: Dance, Drama, Music or Artistic skills.
A student with aptitude is one who is identified as being able to benefit from teaching in the Performing & Visual Arts subjects of Drama, Dance, Music or Artistic skills, or who demonstrates a particular capacity to succeed in one or more of these subjects.
Through a workshop, the school will assess whether a pupil has an aptitude for a subject by determining whether they demonstrate a particular capacity to learn or to develop skills in the Performing & Visual Arts and that they can benefit from the particular expertise and facilities at the school.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
22 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Destinations
- Hillview Alumni Network
- Hire our Facilities
- Senior Leadership Team (SLT)
- Teacher Training Opportunities
- Viewpoint - Outreach Programme
- Open Events
- KS4 Examination- Years 10/11
- Departments Art Design
- Business Studies
- Computing
- English
- Food Technology
- Humanities
- Maths
- Modern Foreign Languages
and 6 more
Awards
1 awardiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Duke of EdinburghPersonal development
Key facts
- URN
- 137104
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Girls
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Local authority
- Kent
- Constituency
- Tonbridge
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2011
Governing body (16 current, 4 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.12 governors are linked to a profile (10 confirmed, 2 (likely)).
Governors marked “Confirmed same person” have exactly the same forename and surname as the only officer of that name at the school’s own academy trust company on the Companies House register, so we treat them as the same person. The governance record itself comes from DfE.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Dean Fairhurst | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mr Timothy Brown (likely) | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mr David Eccles Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Sophie Rees Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Simone Jones | Chief Financial OfficerTrust officer | since 2025 | |
| Ms Amy Hannah Ling Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Matt Boughton | MemberTrust members | Appointed by academy members | since 2024 |
| Mr Geoffrey Snell | MemberTrust members | Appointed by academy members | since 2024 |
| Paul McKeaveney Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by academy members | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Ceri Curtis Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by academy members | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Nick Hobden (likely) | MemberTrust members | Appointed by academy members | since 2023 |
| Mr Mark Hiller Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Appointed by academy members | since 2023 |
| Mrs Hilary Burkett Confirmed same person | Accounting OfficerTrust officer | since 2016 | |
| Mrs Hilary Burkett Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2016 |
| Mr Mervyn Holt Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2012 · until 2028 |
| Ms Stephanie Shea Confirmed same person Former | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by academy members | since 2024 · term ended 2026 |
| Mr Timothy Brown (likely) Former | Chair of TrusteesTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · term ended 2026 |
| Mrs Heather Whitmore Confirmed same person Former | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by parents | since 2023 · term ended 2026 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Suzanne Parr | Governance Professional - Single-Academy Trust (SAT)Governance professional | since 2026 | |
| Kayla Jolly Former | Governance Professional - Single-Academy Trust (SAT)Governance professional | since 2025 · term ended 2026 |
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record