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Hilden Oaks School, Tonbridge TN10

38 Dry Hill Park Road, Tonbridge, Kent TN10 3BU

Hilden Oaks School, Tonbridge TN10

10 reasons to choose Hilden Oaks School

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Hilden Oaks School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 79. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Tonbridge and one of the 3 best primary schools for 1 mile.

School fundamentals

Hilden Oaks School is an independent prep day school for boys and girls (40%/60%) between the ages of 3 months and 11 years. It is a Church of England school, open to all faiths and none. The school has a non-selective admissions policy. It is a standalone prep school, not tied to any one senior school. Hilden Oaks School fees range from £4,300 (Rec) to £5,600 per term (2024/25). Fees exclude VAT but include lunches.

Average class size

Hilden Oaks School has one class per year and an average class size of 17 pupils.

Leavers' destinations

Destinations for Hilden Oaks School leavers are seven Kent grammar schools and eight independent schools. In an average year, 50-80% of pupils leave for a grammar school with Weald of Kent and Tonbridge Grammar accounting for half of all leavers. Of the independent schools, Walthamstow Hall is the most popular.

The Hilden Oaks School curriculum

School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum with some additions and variations. It also includes PSHEE, reasoning, mindfulness, thinking skills, French, Spanish. The school experience is presented as ‘Values-based Education’; a set of 22 universal values that are explored and reinforced through every part of the school’s provision. The school offers each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.

More on the curriculum

There are regular educational trips for all year groups and visiting speakers.

Specialist teaching

Specialist teachers for sport, music and languages throughout, and for art, science and computing from Year 3, and for most subjects from Year 5.

Sport at Hilden Oaks School

School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.

The Arts at Hilden Oaks School

Art and music are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. Drama is part of the co-curriculum. All pupils learn an instrument in class and about one third take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Two choirs, orchestra and one or two instrument ensembles. The school offers each pupil over 5 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.

Wraparound care

Wraparound care from 7.45am to 6.00pm. With Holiday Club, the school has childcare for 50 weeks of the year.

Find another school near Hilden Oaks School

Independent Prep Schools

Hilden Grange School (0.1 miles); Somerhill (2.4 miles); Kent College Prep School, Pembury (4.9 miles).

State Primary Schools

Slade Primary School (0.7 miles); St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School, Tonbridge (1.3 miles); Bidborough Church of England Primary School (3.4 miles).

Independent Senior Schools

Tonbridge School (0.4 miles); Sackville School (1.9 miles); Kent College Pembury (4.9 miles).

State Senior Schools

The Judd School (1.6 miles); Tonbridge Grammar School (1.7 miles); Weald of Kent Grammar School (1.9 miles).

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