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'''Folkestone School for Girls (FSG)''' is an all-girls [[grammar school]] with [[Academy (English school)|academy status]] in [[Folkestone]], [[Kent]], England, next to [[Sandgate Primary School]] on Coolinge Lane.
'''The Folkestone School for Girls (FSG)''' is an all-girls [[grammar school]] with [[Academy (English school)|academy status]] in [[Folkestone]], [[Kent]], England, next to [[Sandgate Primary School]] on Coolinge Lane.


The school, in its current form, on its current site and under its current name, started in 1983. Its history goes much further back, however, to 1905 as the '''Folkestone County School for Girls'''. There is a Folkestone School Old Girls' Association with further information and some 800 members, including from various of the current school's predecessors, which, along the way have merged. The previous names were various:
==History==
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It started in 1905 as the '''Folkestone County School for Girls'''. The boys' grammar school is called the [[Harvey Grammar School]].


* '''The Grange (at Shorncliffe Road)'''
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==Admissions==
* '''Folkestone County Technical School for Girls'''
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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.<ref>{{cite web|title =Determination|work =Case reference: ADA/000723|publisher =Schools Adjudicator|date =8 July 2005|url =http://www.schoolsadjudicator.gov.uk/upload/ADA%20000723%20Folkestone%20Girls.doc|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20090324123932/http://www.schoolsadjudicator.gov.uk/upload/ADA%20000723%20Folkestone%20Girls.doc|dead-url =yes|archive-date =24 March 2009|format =doc|accessdate =21 December 2007}}</ref>
* '''Folkestone Technical High School for Girls'''
* '''Folkestone County Grammar School for Girls'''

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The boys' [[grammar school]] is called the [[Harvey Grammar School]].

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==Admissions & Destinations==
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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.<ref>{{cite web|title =Determination|work =Case reference: ADA/000723|publisher =Schools Adjudicator|date =8 July 2005|url =http://www.schoolsadjudicator.gov.uk/upload/ADA%20000723%20Folkestone%20Girls.doc|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20090324123932/http://www.schoolsadjudicator.gov.uk/upload/ADA%20000723%20Folkestone%20Girls.doc|url-status = dead|archive-date =24 March 2009|format =doc|access-date =21 December 2007}}</ref> In 2017, around 85% of students either continued onto university or planned to do so after a gap year. The remainder went into directly into employment.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.folkestonegirls.kent.sch.uk/index.php/curriculum|title=Curriculum - Sixth Form|date=11 June 2019|website=Folkestone School for Girls}}</ref>  


==House System==
==House System==
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==Notable former pupils==
==Notable former pupils==
{{seealso|Category:People educated at Folkestone School for Girls}}
{{see also|Category:People educated at Folkestone School for Girls}}
* [[Tracey Crouch]], [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Chatham and Aylesford (UK Parliament constituency)|Chatham and Aylesford]]
* [[Tracey Crouch]], [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Chatham and Aylesford (UK Parliament constituency)|Chatham and Aylesford]]
* [[Daphne Fowler]], [[Brain of Britain]] winner 1997, BBC's [[Eggheads (TV series)]] team member 2003-Present
* [[Daphne Fowler]], [[Brain of Britain]] winner 1997, BBC's [[Eggheads (TV series)]] team member 2003–Present
* [[Anne Farmer]], professor of [[psychiatry]]
* [[Anne Farmer]], professor of [[psychiatry]]
* [[Alison Hastings]], Vice-President of the [[British Board of Film Classification]] (BBFC), and Editor of Newcastle's [[Evening Chronicle]] from 1996-2002 <ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/about/bbc_trust_members/alison_hastings.html BBC Trust]</ref>
* [[Alison Hastings]], Vice-President of the [[British Board of Film Classification]] (BBFC), and Editor of Newcastle's [[Evening Chronicle]] from 1996-2002 <ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/about/bbc_trust_members/alison_hastings.html BBC Trust]</ref>
* [[Sheila Sherlock|Dame Sheila Sherlock]], [[Hepatology|hepatologist]]
* [[Sheila Sherlock|Dame Sheila Sherlock]], [[Hepatology|hepatologist]]


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[[Category:Grammar schools in Kent]]
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[[Category:Girls' schools in Kent]]

Latest revision as of 00:26, 4 February 2023

The Folkestone School for Girls
Address
Map
Coolinge Lane

Folkestone
,
Kent
,
CT20 3RB

England
Coordinates51°04′36″N 1°09′04″E / 51.0768°N 1.1512°E / 51.0768; 1.1512
Information
TypeGrammar academy
Established1905
Department for Education URN137837 Tables
OfstedReports
HeadteacherM Lester
Staff253
GenderGirls
Age11 to 18
Enrolment1048
HousesAusten
Curie
Johnson
Pankhurst
Lovelace
Seacole
Colour(s)Dark Blue and Green
Websitehttp://www.folkestonegirls.kent.sch.uk/

The Folkestone School for Girls (FSG) is an all-girls grammar school with academy status in Folkestone, Kent, England, next to Sandgate Primary School on Coolinge Lane.

The school, in its current form, on its current site and under its current name, started in 1983. Its history goes much further back, however, to 1905 as the Folkestone County School for Girls. There is a Folkestone School Old Girls' Association with further information and some 800 members, including from various of the current school's predecessors, which, along the way have merged. The previous names were various:

  • The Grange (at Shorncliffe Road)
  • Folkestone County Technical School for Girls
  • Folkestone Technical High School for Girls
  • Folkestone County Grammar School for Girls

The boys' grammar school is called the Harvey Grammar School.

Admissions & Destinations

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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] In 2017, around 85% of students either continued onto university or planned to do so after a gap year. The remainder went into directly into employment.[2]  

House System

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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

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See also: Category:People educated at Folkestone School for Girls

References

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  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. ^ "Curriculum - Sixth Form". Folkestone School for Girls. 11 June 2019.
  3. ^ BBC Trust
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