The Folkestone School for Girls
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Folkestone, Kent
11+ scores · 2026 entry
| Kent Test pass mark (lowest on any one paper) | 108 |
| Kent Test pass mark (total) | 332 |
From Kent grammar schools (Sir Roger Manwood's School website) · a pass mark doesn't guarantee a place
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
3.017 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Folkestone School for Girls is a secondary school in Folkestone, Kent for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 23 April 2024. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
The Folkestone School for Girls catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 3.017 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 67% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 4th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Kent.
- Year 7 2026 drew 233 first-choice applications for 180 offers; all 180 offers went to first-choice families, and 53 first-choice families (23%) were not offered a place.
- The Year 7 2026 last distance offered was 3.017 miles, 25th longest of 56 Kent secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance (middle figure 2.82 miles).
- Free school meals eligibility stands at 13.8% of pupils, against a middle figure of 43.3% across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Kent.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Kent schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Coolinge Lane, Folkestone, CT20 3RB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 1,145 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 23 April 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils stand ’10 feet tall’ in this school because they learn to believe in themselves.”
- “An extensive range of opportunities develop pupils’ many skills and talents such as abseiling and mountain biking.”
- “Pupils act as ‘global citizens’, collaborating on learning projects with schools in Nepal and France.”
To improve
- “The school recognises that the curriculum in mathematics is not yet designed in a way that develops pupils’ mathematical fluency, particularly in key stage 3.”
- “This limits how well pupils secure an understanding of fundamental mathematical concepts, and has impacted on how well some pupils achieve at the end of key stage 4.”
- “The school is in its early stages of reviewing the curriculum to address this issue.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 June 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 67% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 57.9 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B- | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 233 first-preference applications, 180 offers in total, 180 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Kent.
- The Harvey Grammar School 0.7 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Turner Free School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Folkestone Academy 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Brockhill Park Performing Arts College 3.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Astor Secondary School 6.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Dover Grammar School for Boys 7.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Dover Grammar School for Girls 7.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Edmund's Catholic School 7.9 mi Good Last distance published