The Harvey Grammar School
Ofsted: School remains OutstandingAcademy converter · Secondary
Folkestone · CT19 5JY · Kent
Ages 11–18
- Att862.9
- P80.2
- EM5+86%
- Absence5.1%
0.7 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: GoodURN 137837
The Folkestone School for Girls
Academy converter · Folkestone · CT20 3RB
Ages 11–18 · 1,145 pupils · Kent
Ofsted
Good
Attainment 8
61.8
Overall absence
8.6%
Admissions demand
1.19 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2024-04-23
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8+0.29
−20+2
Attainment 861.8
English & maths grade 5+81%
English & maths grade 4+95%
EBacc entry56%
EBacc APS: 5.6
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence8.6%
Persistent absence (10%+)24.3%
Unauthorised2.4%
- Authorised absence
- 6.2%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 3.5%
- Enrolments in measure
- 908
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.19 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
210
Places offered
178
1st-preference offers
173
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 389
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 178
- Applications from outside LA
- 4
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 3
- Admissions policy (GIAS)
- Selective
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill109%
1,145 pupils · 1,053 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,145
- Boys / girls
- 0 / 1,145
- School capacity
- 1,053
- Capacity fill
- 1,145 / 1,053 (109%)
- Free school meals
- 13.7%
- FSM pupils
- 125
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Gender
- Girls
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: THE FOLKESTONE SCHOOL FOR GIRLS ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- THE FOLKESTONE SCHOOL FOR GIRLS ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Mark Lester
Location
- Address
- Coolinge Lane
- Postcode
- CT20 3RB
- Town
- Folkestone
- County
- Kent
- Local authority
- Kent
- District
- Folkestone and Hythe
- Constituency
- Folkestone and Hythe
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Girls academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Folkestone, Kent, 1,145 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, selective admissions. Free school meals: 13.7%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Turner Free School
Ofsted: GoodFree schools · Secondary
Folkestone · CT19 4PB · Kent
Ages 11–18
- Att835.4
- P8-0.6
- EM5+17%
- Absence9.9%
1.0 miles away
Folkestone Academy
Ofsted: Needs attentionAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Folkestone · CT19 5FP · Kent
Ages 11–19
- Att831.0
- P8-1.1
- EM5+14%
- Absence13.9%
1.3 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Mark Lester
- Telephone
- 01303251125