Secondary
Folkestone Academy
Academy Lane, Folkestone, CT19 5FP
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 936 of 1720 places
- Local authority
- Kent
- Sixth form
- Yes
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Trust
- TURNER SCHOOLS
Ofsted
Last inspected April 2022
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
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
15%
33.7
4th 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 | 33.7 |
| EBacc average point score | 2.6 |
| Entered the EBacc | 15% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 36% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 15% |
| A level average points per entry | 29.55 |
| A level students | 15 |
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 | 15% |
| 22/23 | 13% |
| 23/24 | 14% |
| 24/25 | 15% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 28.7 |
| 22/23 | 23.0 |
| 23/24 | 22.2 |
| 24/25 | 29.6 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.84 |
| 22/23 | -1.05 |
| 23/24 | -1.11 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 36.1 |
| 22/23 | 30.2 |
| 23/24 | 31.0 |
| 24/25 | 33.7 |
Academy Lane, Folkestone, CT19 5FP
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
- Matthew Tate
- Address
- Academy Lane, Folkestone, CT19 5FP
- Telephone
- 01303842400