Folkestone School for Girls

The Folkestone School for Girls
Established 1905
Type Grammar academy
Headteacher Tracy Luke
Location Coolinge Lane
Folkestone
Kent
CT20 3RB
England
51°04′36″N 1°09′04″E / 51.0768°N 1.1512°E / 51.0768; 1.1512Coordinates: 51°04′36″N 1°09′04″E / 51.0768°N 1.1512°E / 51.0768; 1.1512
DfE URN 137837 Tables
Ofsted Reports Pre-academy reports
Students 1048
Gender Girls
Ages 11–18
Houses Austen
Curie
Johnson
Pankhurst
Lovelace
Seacole
Colours Dark Blue and Green
Website The Folkestone School for Girls

Folkestone School for Girls (FSG) is an all-girls grammar school with academy status, located in Folkestone, Kent, England. It is situated next to Sandgate Primary School on Coolinge Lane. It has good reports from OFSTED, and excellent grades from the pupils.

History

It started in 1905 as the Folkestone County School for Girls. The boys' grammar school is called the Harvey Grammar School.

Admissions

The school intended to use the entrance examination introduced by Dover Grammar School for Boys, but, after an objection by Kent County Council, it was ruled on 8 July 2005 by the Schools Adjudicator that the school should use the county's selection test and shepway test.[1]

House System

There are six houses named after historically important women: (Marie) Curie, (Amy) Johnson, (Jane) Austen, (Emmeline) Pankhurst, (Ada) Lovelace and (Mary) Seacole. Each house has an assigned colour, green, red, yellow, blue, orange and purple respectively. The houses also have their own prefects, chosen from Year 13.

Notable former pupils

References

  1. ↑ "Determination". Case reference: ADA/000723. Schools Adjudicator. 8 July 2005. Archived from the original (doc) on 24 March 2009. Retrieved 21 December 2007.
  2. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/about/bbc_trust_members/alison_hastings.html
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