The Judd School Competitors

Sevenoaks School (HMC) is a co-educational day and boarding school for pupils aged 11 to 18. Founded in 1432, Sevenoaks provides academic excellence with a strong pastoral and co-curricular emphasis and a global dimension inspired by the International Baccalaureate. Rated 'exceptional' in our latest ISI report for teaching and learning, we are proud of our innovative, thinking approach to education and academic excellence, while at the same time providing a strong pastoral and co-curricular foundation. Sevenoaks was recently awarded The Sunday Times Independent Secondary School of the Year Award. Our superb 100-acre campus is in the Kent countryside, just half an hour from Central London and Gatwick International Airport.

Founded in 597AD, The King’s School is reputedly the oldest school in the world. It is also one of the country’s leading coeducational boarding schools located in the idyllic surroundings of the Precincts of Canterbury Cathedral, just one hour from Central London. The School has a strongly academic curriculum that is continually adapting to encompass the ever-changing demands of modern education. We place emphasis on scholarly excellence and our pupils’ progress to further education at leading universities in the UK and abroad. Through regular monitoring of academic progress, the School’s aim is to enable every individual to make the most of their abilities and to fulfil their potential. Art, Drama, Music and Sport play a major part in School life, alongside the Combined Cadet Force and the Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme. Other activities enjoyed by the pupils range from chocolate making and chess to Social Services and The Linacre Society, our society for future medical students. King’s Week, the School’s own festival of arts which takes place at the end of each summer term, involves hundreds of pupils in a showcase of creativity. Music is a central part of life at the School with a range of disciplines flourishing, from a large Symphony Orchestra, to a 40-voice SATB choir of Cathedral Standard. There are some 60 Music Scholars in the school at any one time.

Tonbridge is one of the leading boys’ boarding and day schools in the UK for boys aged 13-18. The School occupies an extensive site of 150 acres in Kent – just a 40-minute train journey from London Charing Cross. Tonbridge School has an outstanding academic reputation. In the latest Sunday Times ‘Parent Power’ league table, Tonbridge was the 6th highest ranking independent school in the country, and the top boarding school. Tonbridge encourages its students to make connections – connections between subjects, between people, between cultures: with the aim of producing fine minds and good hearts. The School’s ethos is summed up in just two words: ‘Only Connect’.