Folkestone Academy
Catchment Area, Reviews and Key Information

Primary & Secondary
Post 16
PUPILS
Not Available
AGES
3 - 18
GENDER
Mixed
TYPE
Academy sponsor led mainstream
SCHOOL GUIDE RATING
Not Rated

This school was closed.

How Does The School Perform?

Good
NATIONAL AVG. 2.09
Ofsted Inspection
(20/10/2015)
Full Report - All Reports
26%
NATIONAL AVG. 38%
5+ GCSEs grade 9-4 (standard pass or above) including English and maths



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School Results Over Time

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% of pupils who achieved 5+ GCSEs grade 9-4
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% of pupils who achieved GCSE grade 5 or above in both English and maths
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Academy Lane
Folkestone
CT19 5FP
01303842400

School Description

This is a very large and oversubscribed sponsored academy, which opened in 2007. It delivers primary and secondary education in new buildings on the same site. This is a non-selective school, within an area which has selective education from age 11. About half of the Year 6 pupils gain grammar school places and do not enter Year 7 at this academy. The academy offers early years and post-16 provision. Its large sixth form is on a separate site, known as ‘The Glassworks’. The primary and secondary parts of the academy are each led by a headteacher. There is also an executive principal in the primary phase, who is a national leader of education. She also works in other schools. Most pupils are White British. Few speak English as an additional language. The proportion of disabled pupils and those with special educational needs is about average in the primary phase. It is above average in the secondary phase. Similarly, there is about an average proportion of disadvantaged pupils, entitled to additional pupil premium funding, in the primary phase. In the secondary phase, the proportion is notably higher. The academy did not meet the government’s minimum expectation (the floor standard) for secondary pupils’ results and progress in 2014. It did meet the primary floor standard in 2014. Unvalidated results indicate improvement. The academy is likely to meet the floor standards in both phases in 2015.

Folkestone Academy Parent Reviews



Average Parent Rating

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“The Folkestone Academy”

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"> I have four children age 4, 6 , 11 and 17 they all go to The Folkestone Academy and in my view it is an excellent school with fantastic leadership and staff. The Academy has great facilities and a brilliant focus in the primary on reading. I wouldn't consider anywhere else for my children and didn't even contemplate any other secondary schools for my older two. The transition is so easy for the children as it is all on the same site.
“Folkestone school for girls”

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"> This is truly an excellent school. I am very proud my daughter got into this local grammar school. We think the school is great and she has settled in really well.
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This school is an academy and does not conform to the general school admission criteria set down by the Local Education Authority.