The Folkestone School for Girls

Coolinge Lane, Folkestone and Hythe, Kent, CT20 3RB

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About this school

The Folkestone School for Girls is an Academy converter serving secondary age pupils, located in Folkestone and Hythe, Kent. The school has 1,159 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (graded inspection, 23 April 2024). Last inspected 23 April 2024. The Headteacher is Mark Lester. The school is administered by Kent local authority. It belongs to THE FOLKESTONE SCHOOL FOR GIRLS ACADEMY TRUST. The school has girls-only admissions. It opened in 1 February 2012.

School details

Headteacher

Mark Lester

Trust

THE FOLKESTONE SCHOOL FOR GIRLS ACADEMY TRUST

Local authority

Kent

Gender

Girls

URN

137837

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at The Folkestone School for Girls are handled by the school or the local authority (Kent). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

• Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
• Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
• Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
• EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.

Source: Department for Education school performance data. Check this school on GOV.UK →

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