Turner Free School
Secondary · Free schools · Ages 11–18 · Folkestone, Kent
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.634 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Turner Free School is a secondary school in Folkestone, Kent for ages 11–18 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 6 December 2022. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Turner Free School 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 | 1.634 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
- The last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 1.634 miles away, the 15th shortest of 56 Kent secondary schools with a published last distance (this one included).
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was about the same as in 2025 and further than in 2023.
- In 2026 Year 7 entry there were 174 first-choice applications for 168 offers: 148 offers went to first-choice families, and 26 first-choice families (15%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 25% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 37.6 (England 46).
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
- Tile Kiln Lane, Cheriton, Folkestone, CT19 4PB
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 997 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 43.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 6 December 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to this well-managed, calm and orderly school.”
- “They feel safe and everyone treats each other respectfully.”
- “Staff know pupils well and have high expectations of them.”
To improve
- “For example, pupils were taught in temporary buildings, with limited facilities for longer than was originally planned.”
- “However, in design and technology (DT) and computing, leaders have not organised learning precisely enough.”
- “Consequently, pupils do not deepen their knowledge as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 31 January 2023 (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) | 25% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 37.6 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | D+ | 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: 174 first-preference applications, 168 offers in total, 148 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 0.5 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Folkestone Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Folkestone School for Girls 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Brockhill Park Performing Arts College 3.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Astor Secondary School 6.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Dover Grammar School for Boys 6.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Dover Grammar School for Girls 7.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Edmund's Catholic School 7.6 mi Good Last distance published