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The Folkestone School for Girls

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,145Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • SelectiveGrammar school
  • GirlsPupils
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 137837URN

Coolinge Lane, Folkestone, CT20 3RB · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Apr 2024 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.2per place
0.9 below Kent median (3.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in KentSelective

389 applications for 180 places · 84th of 103 in Kent
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
62.3of 90
27th of 100 in Kent
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 23 April 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth form provisionOutstanding

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.2applications per place, Year 7
0.9 below Kent median (3.1) close to England median (2.2)

389 applications · 180 places offered · 233 named it first

SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.

  1. 2026 2.2; Kent median median 3.1
  2. 2025 2.1; Kent median median 3.0
  3. 2024 2.2; Kent median median 3.2
  4. 2023 2.2; Kent median median 3.2
  5. 2022 2.0; Kent median median 2.9
  6. 2021 2.6; Kent median median 3.6
  7. 2020 2.1; Kent median median 3.1
  8. 2019 2.2; Kent median median 2.9
  9. 2018 2.2; Kent median median 3.1
  10. 2017 2.1; Kent median median 3.0
  11. 2016 2.4; Kent median median 3.3
  12. 2015 2.6; Kent median median 3.2
  13. 2014 2.7; Kent median median 3.1
More applications per place than the Kent median in 0 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Kent median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

Selective: register for the entrance test with the school first, usually by the summer before (dates vary). Dates

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261803892.22331.29
Sep 20251743592.11971.13
Sep 20241783892.22101.18
Sep 20231793842.22191.22
Sep 20221803552.02241.24
Sep 20211844692.62801.52
Sep 20201773682.12211.25
Sep 20191804012.22241.24
Sep 20181804032.22141.19
Sep 20171793712.12191.22
Sep 20161804312.42271.26
Sep 20151804662.62331.29
Sep 20141463932.71811.24

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

174 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)62.327th of 100 in Kent
Grade 5 or above in English and maths81%30th of 100 in Kent
Grade 4 or above in English and maths97%
  • This school
  • Kent median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.29
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)17462.381%97%–
2024/2516557.967%89%–
2023/2417461.881%95%+0.29
2022/2318264.074%97%+0.34

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

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  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
137837 · 886/5437
Trust
The Folkestone School for Girls Academy Trust
Admissions policy
Selective
Capacity
1,053 pupils · 1,145 on roll
Free school meals
13.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 February 2012
Replaced
The Folkestone School for Girls (URN 118909)
Address
Coolinge Lane, Folkestone, CT20 3RB
Local authority
Kent · Folkestone and Hythe

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources