Admissions Update

3 March 2025

On 3 March 180 offers were made. The number of places available for the inner area is 157; the outer area is 23. The cut-off score for our inner area was 371 (2024: 383) with the outer area being 398 (2024:412) (not all students on those scores were offered a place).

 The mean score of those offered places is as follows, values in brackets are for 2024 entry.

Area	English	Maths	Reasoning	Total
Inner	127.95 (130.94)	130.18 (132.97)	131.34 (135.73)	389.48 (399.65)
Outer	138.18 (135.59)	135.55 (138.48)	136.36 (139.77)	410.09 (413.72)

For those receiving offers, to accept or reject a place, please follow the instructions from the Offer Email you will receive from us on 5 March. Your Local Authority may also require you to respond (for KCC see: http://www.kent.gov.uk/education-and-children/schools/school-places/after-you-get-your-school-offer). The deadline for acceptance/refusal/waiting list request of places is Monday 17 March 2025.

Waiting List

If you have applied for a place at The Judd School and have not been successful you may join the waiting list (regardless of where you placed Judd on your preference form), provided you have a selective score on the Kent Test.

The waiting list for Year 7 entry will be maintained until the end of January 2026 and will be re-ranked every time a student joins or leaves the list. In each of the last two years around 20 offers were made from the waiting list – the majority as part of the reallocation process.

To join the waiting list, follow the instructions sent to you by your Local Authority. The Kent deadline for waiting list requests is 17 March 2025 – a first round of waiting list offers will then be made on 24 April 2025.

Appeals

If you wish to appeal against the decision of the Governing Body to reject your application, please click on Joining Us / Appeals. There was a total of 1 appeal upheld in 2024, 7 appeals upheld in 2023, 4 upheld in 2022 and 8 upheld in 2021.

Where the Kent Test Score is greater than the lowest inner area score of 371, parents do not need to persuade the panel that your son is of the academic standard for the school. In such cases, the School Admission Appeals Code only requires the panel to balance your case (why this is the best school to meet your child’s needs) against the school’s own prejudice to education case.  However, where the score is less than 371, parents will need to persuade the panel that your child is of the standard for the school. 

If you need any clarification, please contact the appeals clerk: clerk@educationappeals.com

Late Applications

To make a late application, you should contact your Local Authority if doing so prior to 17 March 2025, the deadline for being considered in the Reallocation round. Thereafter, late applications should come directly to the school – contact admissions@judd.kent.sch.uk.

Jonathan Wood

Headteacher

Admissions Important Dates for September 2025 intake

• Registration for 11+ testing opened on the KCC Website - 3rd June 2024 and closed 1st July 2024
• Test date for pupils in Kent Primary schools - Thursday 12th September 2024
• Test date for pupils not in Kent Primary schools - Saturday 14th September 2024
• Assessment decision sent to parents - Thursday 17th October 2024
• National closing date for application forms - Thursday 31st October 2024
• Final date for acceptance of on time changes to application details - Thursday 12th December 2024
• National Offer Day - Monday 3rd March 2025 (emails sent from KCC after 4pm and letters sent 1st class)
• Parental deadline for late applications, waiting list requests and acceptance/refusals - Monday 17th March 2025
• Deadline for lodging appeals - Monday 31st March 2025
• Reallocation Round - Thursday 24th April 2025