Folkestone School for Girls, The

Welcome to The Folkestone School for Girls

About us

Our School boasts a happy, well-disciplined community with a strong academic tradition, which also provides a wealth of experiences through extra-curricular activities. We want our students to enjoy their time here and become fully involved in the life of the School.

We expect students to be industrious and behave in a way that makes a positive contribution to the whole School community. We will have achieved our aims if students leave the School confident that they possess the necessary skills, knowledge and understanding to enable them to take their place in society.

Post-16 Provision:

At The Folkestone School for Girls we can guarantee a first class, all-round educational experience, which was acknowledged by the Ofsted inspection team when they last visited our school in April 2024, with Sixth Form graded as Outstanding. We are able to offer students excellent teaching in a wide range of level 3 courses including A Level and Vocational courses and our ethos is very much imbedded in the all round development of our students. Therefore within the Sixth Form we have a range of opportunities to develop students knowledge, skills and experiences in a range of areas outside of their level three qualifications, as well as within them.

Over a number of years we have forged Sixth Form links with the Harvey Boys’ Grammar School in order to offer an even wider curriculum. As such we only enrol females into our Sixth Form, and the Harvey only enrol males, as we work in partnership with one another for our Sixth Form provision.

We are proud not only of the high quality care and support which we give so that students are able to fulfil their potential, but also the constructive Careers Education and Guidance which we offer in order to help them make informed and realistic choices at 18+. Over 70% of our students go on to Higher Education each year. They acquire places at institutions throughout the UK and undertake a very wide range of courses. We are also dedicated to providing help and support for those students who wish to enter the world of employment and enhance their learning whilst in the work place when they have completed their Advanced Level courses.

Whilst the Sixth Form is about learning, it is also about students enjoying themselves and using constructively the greater freedom with which they are entrusted. Moreover, it offers the opportunity to have a fresh start and develop new interests. 

Applications Open: -  30 January 2026

Applications Close: -  8 May 2026

Entry Requirements: - For entry onto our A Level and BTEC courses we require:

• a minimum of 6 separately identifiable GCSE subjects at an average grade 5.5 or above and at least a grade 5 in English and a grade 4 in Mathematics;

• a grade 6 or above in the chosen course of study or a related subject as specified in the sixth form prospectus.

• two grade 7sin Mathematics or Sciences, to study 2 or more Sciences or Mathematics and Science.

How to Apply: - Please apply via KentChoices

Within the Sixth Form students have a range of members of staff in order to support them, not only with their studies but also pastoral and all round development. Alongside the Head of Sixth Form, Deputy Head of Sixth and Sixth Form tutors, student in each year of the Sixth Form have a Student Development Leader (SDL). Their SDL is available to provide pastoral support to students on a day to day basis. We always have wellbeing practitioners within our staff team to enable additional support for students who require it to be put in place.

Application Procedure:

Female students applying to join us from another school or college must complete the online application form via Kent choices.

Males interested in studying a subject that is only offered at our site, for example Computing, need to apply to the Harvey Grammar school where you can indicate to them the interest in studying the subject taught at our site.