Folkestone Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–19 · Folkestone, Kent
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Kent County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Folkestone Academy is a secondary school in Folkestone, Kent for ages 11–19 (academy sponsor led). Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Folkestone Academy 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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 Year 7 2026, every applicant was offered a place: 98 first-choice applications for 144 offers, with 46 offers going to families who ranked the school second or lower.
- The school has 13.6 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 16.4 across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Kent.
- In 2024/25, 15% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 33.7 (England 46).
- In 2024/25, A level students averaged grade C (England B-), and progress from GCSE to A level was average.
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
- Academy Lane, Folkestone, CT19 5FP
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–19
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 936 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 52.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 19 May 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils feel safe, well supported and cared for at Folkestone Academy.”
- “Leaders have created an environment where pupils feel like they belong.”
- “Pupils get along with each other and have positive relationships with staff.”
To improve
- “However, outcomes at the end of key stage 4 show that pupils have not achieved highly over time.”
- “In recent years, pupils' overall attendance has been below the national average.”
- “However, on a few occasions in some subjects, staff do not follow these processes consistently.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 July 2026 (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) | 15% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 33.7 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C | 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: 98 first-preference applications, 144 offers in total, 98 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 0.6 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Turner Free School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- The Folkestone School for Girls 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Brockhill Park Performing Arts College 4.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Astor Secondary School 5.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Dover Grammar School for Boys 5.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Dover Grammar School for Girls 6.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Edmund's Catholic School 6.8 mi Good Last distance published