Secondary
Turner Free School
Tile Kiln Lane, Cheriton, Folkestone, CT19 4PB
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 997 of 1260 places
- Local authority
- Kent
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- TURNER SCHOOLS
Ofsted
Last inspected December 2022
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
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
25%
37.6
3rd 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 | 37.6 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.25 |
| Entered the EBacc | 34% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 47% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 25% |
| A level average points per entry | 24.07 |
| A level students | 47 |
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 time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 21% |
| 23/24 | 17% |
| 24/25 | 25% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | -0.59 |
| 23/24 | -0.55 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 37.4 |
| 23/24 | 35.4 |
| 24/25 | 37.6 |
Tile Kiln Lane, Cheriton, Folkestone, CT19 4PB
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
- Jamie MacLean
- Address
- Tile Kiln Lane, Cheriton, Folkestone, CT19 4PB
- Telephone
- 01303842400