The Judd School
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| Motto | Deus Dat Incrementum (God Gives Growth / God Gives Gifts) |
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| Established | 1888 |
| Type | Voluntary aided grammar school |
| Headmaster | Robert Masters |
| Founder | Skinners Company |
| Location |
Brook Street Tonbridge Kent TN9 2PN England Coordinates: 9°57′48″N 76°14′24″E / 9.963234°N 76.239948°E |
| Local authority | Kent County Council |
| DfE number | 886/4622 |
| DfE URN | 118843 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 1019 |
| Gender | Boys (11 to 16) Mixed (16 to 18) |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Colours | Navy and Maroon |
| Former pupils | Old Juddians |
| Website | The Judd School |
The Judd School (usually known simply as Judd) is a grammar school in Tonbridge, Kent, southeast England. It was established in 1888 at Stafford House on East Street in Tonbridge, where it remained for eight years before moving to its present location on Brook Street, in the south of the town. Founded by the Skinners Company, it was named after 16th century merchant Sir Andrew Judde, whose endowment helped fund the school. The Skinners' Company maintains close links with the school and makes up the majority of the governing body.
There are 1019 students in the school aged 11 to 18; the lower school is all boys, but of 350 students aged 16–18 in the sixth form, up to 60 are girls. The first headmaster was William Bryant, who oversaw the transition to the present site before his retirement in 1908. The current headmaster as of 2015 is Robert Masters, who has occupied the post since September 2004 and is the seventh headmaster of the school. Masters will step down at the end of the 2016-17 school year.
Judd pupils generally take ten General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) tests in Year Eleven (aged 15–16), and they have a choice of four or five A-levels in the sixth form. An Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted) inspection in 2007 graded The Judd School as "outstanding", and league tables published by the Daily Telegraph based on 2013 A-level results rank Judd as the second best (or best, if independent schools are excluded) school in Kent. In 2013, The Sunday Times newspaper ranked The Judd School as the 12th best state secondary school (for pupils aged 11–16, with an optional two further years of education in sixth form) in the country. The majority of students go on to higher education following the completion of their A-levels at the end of Year Thirteen (aged 17–18), and in 2011, one in five Year 13 students gained an Oxbridge offer.
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