Desperate search for schoolgirl last seen walking with hooded figure

Kadie McKenzie failed to turn up at school in Kent

Kadie McKenzie, 14, vanished from Paddock Wood in Kent (Kent Police)

Police are growing concerned for a missing schoolgirl who was last seen walking with a mysterious hooded figure.

Kadie McKenzie, 14, vanished from Paddock Wood in Kent after being captured on CCTV walking with unknown man.

She was last seen at around 9.15am on Tuesday on Maidstone Road in an area close to the Transfesa Road industrial units.

Kent Police said she was walking with an unknown male in the direction of Paddock Wood town centre.

The force described Kadie as white, of slim build, around 5ft 4in and has brown straight hair.

She was wearing her school uniform, including a blue tartan skirt, along with a black coat with fur around the hood, black tights and shoes. She was also carrying a black bag.

A Kent Police spokesman said: “There are concerns for Kadie’s welfare, who has connections to Tunbridge Wells and Tonbridge.”

Anyone with information on her whereabouts is urged to call 999, quoting reference 11-0227.