Secondary
The Folkestone School for Girls
Coolinge Lane, Folkestone, CT20 3RB
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Girls
- Pupils
- 1145 of 1053 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.6
- Local authority
- Kent
- Admissions
- Selective (grammar)
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- THE FOLKESTONE SCHOOL FOR GIRLS ACADEMY TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 66.6
- All staff (FTE)
- 88.6
- Pupils per adult
- 13.2
- Pupils
- 1,170
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected April 2024
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formOutstanding
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
67%
19 points above the Folkestone average (48% across 4 schools)
57.9
10.1 above the Folkestone average (47.8 across 4 schools)
2nd of 4 by our score, among the secondary schools in Folkestone we can score - 5 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 57.9 |
| EBacc average point score | 5.08 |
| Entered the EBacc | 44% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 89% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 67% |
| A level average points per entry | 36.98 |
| A level students | 135 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 80% |
| 22/23 | 74% |
| 23/24 | 81% |
| 24/25 | 67% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 38.9 |
| 22/23 | 37.0 |
| 23/24 | 35.5 |
| 24/25 | 37.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.34 |
| 22/23 | +0.34 |
| 23/24 | +0.29 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 65.7 |
| 22/23 | 64.0 |
| 23/24 | 61.8 |
| 24/25 | 57.9 |
Coolinge Lane, Folkestone, CT20 3RB
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Kent admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mark Lester
- Address
- Coolinge Lane, Folkestone, CT20 3RB
- Telephone
- 01303251125