The Folkestone School for Girls

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Apr 23 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Kent
Unique reference
137837
Address
Coolinge Lane, CT20 3RB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1170 (100% of total capacity)
Boys
0.0%
Girls
100.0%
First language not English
11.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
11.9%
Persistent absence
20.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
5.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 77%
Mixed 6.2%
Other Asian 5.1%
Other White 4.4%
Other 1.5%
Unclassified 1.4%
Indian 1.1%
African 1%
Chinese 0.8%
Irish 0.6%
Pakistani 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.34
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 55%
Local authority average 40%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 74%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 64
Local authority average 47
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.75
Local authority average 4.12
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award39
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE50
BiologyGCSE66
Business Studies:SingleGCSE76
ChemistryGCSE64
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE16
DanceGCSE32
English LanguageGCSE181
English LiteratureGCSE181
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Folkestone School for Girls

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
178
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
210
2nd preference
105
3rd preference
53
From another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
173
2nd preference
4
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
3
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
186
0
186
Year 8
184
0
184
Year 9
184
0
184
Year 10
167
0
167
Year 11
174
0
174
Year 12
136
0
136
Year 13
139
0
139
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
99.0%
87.7%
86.5%
Further education
9.0%
25.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
90.0%
60.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
0.0%
4.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
2.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
4.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
83.0%
61.7%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
21.0%
19.5%
19.7%
Russell Group
19.0%
16.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
1.3%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.4%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020