Folkestone Academy
Academy Lane, Folkestone, CT19 5FP
Local ranking83rd of 102 secondary schools in Kent
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1720
Capacity
11-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 33.7
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 15.1%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 36.1%
- Entering EBacc
- 14.5%
- EBacc APS
- 2.6
- Cohort Size
- 166
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 85.0%
- Continued in education
- 78.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 89.0%
- Higher education
- 39.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 42.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C
Avg A-Level Grade
29.6
Avg Points/Entry
15
A-Level Students
- Applied General Avg Points
- 31.7
- 16-18 Cohort
- 42
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 915
- Boys
- 472 (52%)
- Girls
- 443 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1720 (53% full)
- SEND
- 20.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 52.0%
- EAL
- 20.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.2%
- SEN Support
- 17.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 67.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,731/yr
*Financial data not available for 2024-25 — showing 2023-24
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.7%
- Persistent Absence
- 30.3%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 69.0%
- White Other: 8.9%
- Other: 8.9%
- Mixed Other: 2.9%
- Asian Other: 2.8%
- Asian Indian: 1.2%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.0%
- Black Caribbean: 1.0%
69.0%
White British
8.9%
White Other
8.9%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 145420
- UKPRN
- 10066337
- Establishment No.
- 4020
- Trust
- TURNER SCHOOLS