The Harvey Grammar School
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
B76
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Folkestone, CT19 5JY
- Distance
- 0.8km away
Turner Free School
Tile Kiln Lane, Cheriton, Folkestone, CT19 4PB
Local ranking74th of 102 secondary schools in Kent
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1260
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 6 December 2022. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 39.4 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 29.7% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 55.4% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 175
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Continued in education
- 79.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 7.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
D+
Avg A-Level Grade
24.1
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
25.6
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
47
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 0.0% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 29.8
- 16-18 Cohort
- 152
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1020
- Boys
- 509 (51%)
- Girls
- 488 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1260 (79% full)
- SEND
- 24.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 44.7%
- EAL
- 7.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 5.4%
- SEN Support
- 18.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 52.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,818/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2023-24
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 23.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 83.8%
- White Other: 4.6%
- Asian Other: 2.6%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.6%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.3%
- Mixed Other: 1.3%
- Black African: 1.3%
- Other: 1.1%
83.8%
White British
4.6%
White Other
2.6%
Asian Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Tile Kiln Lane
Folkestone, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 145923
- UKPRN
- 10068105
- Establishment No.
- 4021
- Trust
- TURNER SCHOOLS
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