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The Folkestone School for Girls[1]

Grammar · Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 62 62.3 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
62.3 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
80.5% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
23% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.29 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 57.9[6] 67.3%[6]
2023/24 61.8[4] 81%[4] +0.29[4]
2022/23 64[7] 74%[7] +0.34[7]
2021/22 65.7[8] 80%[8] +0.34[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
17.4% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 B-[10] 16%[10]
2022/23 B-[11] 24%[11]
2021/22 B[12] 27.8%[12]
2018/19 B-[13] 21.8%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
99% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
79% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
20% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[14]
Employment
1% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 99%[15] 84%[15] 0%[15] 10%[15] 1%[15] 2%[15]
2020/21 99%[16] 90%[16] 0%[16] 9%[16] 0%[16] 0%[16]
2019/20 98%[17] 86%[17] 0%[17] 9%[17] 1%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 99%[18] 89%[18] 1%[18] 9%[18] 0%[18] 0%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
89% 2022/23[19]
Education
58% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[19]
Employment
28% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 94%[20] 69%[20] 2%[20] 23%[20]
2020/21 88%[21] 56%[21] 5%[21] 26%[21]
2019/20 92%[22] 73%[22] 2%[22] 17%[22]
2018/19 90%[23] 64%[23] 3%[23] 23%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
74% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
15% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
19% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
2% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 77%[26] 21%[26]
2019/20 83%[25] 21%[25] 19%[25] 2%[25]
2018/19 77%[27] 22%[27] 22%[27] 3%[27]
2017/18 78%[28] 22%[28] 22%[28] 1%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
23 Apr 2024[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
10 Jun 2024[29]
Personal development
Outstanding[29]
Quality of education
Good[29]
Overall effectiveness
Good[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[29]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.2 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Applications (any preference)
389 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences
233 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Places offered
180 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences per place
1.3 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 359[30] 197[30] 174[30] 2.1[30] 1.1[30]
Entry Sept 2024 389[30] 210[30] 178[30] 2.2[30] 1.2[30]
Entry Sept 2023 384[30] 219[30] 179[30] 2.1[30] 1.2[30]
Entry Sept 2022 355[30] 224[30] 180[30] 2.0[30] 1.2[30]

Admissions

Places (published admission number)
180 Entry Sept 2027[31]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Girls[1]
Admissions
Selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1053[1]
Trust
THE FOLKESTONE SCHOOL FOR GIRLS ACADEMY TRUST[1]
Local authority
Kent[1]
Website
http://www.folkestonegirls.kent.sch.uk/[1]
District
Folkestone and Hythe[32]
Postcode
CT20 3RB[1]
URN
137837[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1159 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
11.2% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
6.6% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
0.3% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
15.7% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
80.6%[34]
Mixed
7.9%[34]
Asian
7.3%[34]
Black
1.4%[34]
Any other ethnic group
1.8%[34]
Unclassified
1%[34]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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  31. folkestonegirls.kent.sch.uk: folkestonegirls.kent.sch.uk — Admissions policy 2027 (PDF). Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quote
    The PAN for the year commencing September 2027 is 180 at age 11. (p. 2)
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