Tonbridge Girls' Secondary Modern School, Kent

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Tonbridge Girls' Secondary Modern School, Kent
Brionne Gardens, Tonbridge, Kent TN9 2HE

Badge as depicted in Bunty #17 (10 May 1958)

B017 [10 May 1958] .jpg

The school founded in 1854 had had several homes before, in 1936, moving to a purpose-built school. It was nicknamed by the locals as 'Hectorage Road School' and had 315 girls on roll. It was originally a single-storey building but this was replaced in due course by a two-storey building. The school was renamed 'Hillview School for Girls' in 1968 and retains that name today.

Tonbridge Girls' Secondary Modern School, Kent OS 1960.jpg
1960 OS map showing the school.
(Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland)

See this archived webpage for a history of the school:
https://web.archive.org/web/20080511152154/http://www.hillview.kent.sch.uk/page_viewer.asp?section=School%2BHistory&sid=125