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Folkestone Academy

Folkestone Academy
Academy Lane
Folkestone
Kent
England
CT195FP

📞 phone: 01303 842400

👨‍🏫 headed by: Mr Steven Shaw

🌍 web: www.folkestoneacademy.com

1135 pupils mixed gender
2170 pupils capacity: 52% full

571 boys 50%

564 girls 50%

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Secondary — Academy sponsor led

Admissions policy
Non-selective
Sixth form
Has a sixth form
Trust school
Supported by a multi-academy trust
URN
145420
Education phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy sponsor led
Establishment #
4020
Open date
1. December 2017
Reason open
Fresh Start
OSGB coordinates
Easting: 621910, Northing: 137354
GPS coordinates
Latitude: 51.093, Longitude: 1.1677
Accepting pupils
11—19 years old
Boarders
No boarders
Census date
20. January 2022
Ofsted last inspection
21. April 2022
Region › Const. › Ward
South East › Folkestone and Hythe › Broadmead
Free school meals %
40.70
Trust
TURNER SCHOOLS
Learning provider ref #
10066337

School governors

  • Miss Louise Feaver, Local Governor
    (2. September 2020—1. September 2024)
  • Mr Steven Shaw, Local Governor
    (2. September 2020—None)
  • Mrs Christine Gammons, Local Governor
    (14. December 2020—13. December 2024)
  • Ms Aisling Yusuf, Local Governor
    (20. July 2021—30. September 2022)
  • Ms Diana Choulerton, Local Governor
    (2. September 2021—20. July 2022)
  • Mr Robert Roy, Local Governor
    (27. September 2021—26. September 2025)
  • Mrs Tracy Luke, Local Governor
    (1. December 2021—30. November 2025)
  • Mr Michael Pearce, Local Governor
    (1. December 2021—30. November 2025)
  • Mr Pete Talbot, Local Governor
    (8. March 2022—7. March 2026)
  • Mr Pete Talbot, Chair of Local Governing Body
    (8. March 2022—31. August 2022)
  • Mr Gregory Aidan Hunter, Chair of Local Governing Body
    (13. September 2022—31. August 2023)
  • Mr Gregory Aidan Hunter, Local Governor
    (13. September 2022—12. September 2026)
  • Miss Sophie Waddell, Local Governor
    (28. March 2023—27. March 2027)
  • Mrs Sophia Jackson, Local Governor
    (28. March 2023—27. March 2027)
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Schools nearby

  1. Folkestone Academy, CT195FP (1135 pupils)
  2. Folkestone Primary, CT195FP (461 pupils)
  3. 0.1 miles The Channel School, CT195DN
  4. 0.1 miles Folkestone Academy, CT195FP (2170 pupils)
  5. 0.2 miles Folkestone Beacon Plus, CT201TH
  6. 0.3 miles The Beacon Folkestone, CT195DN (393 pupils)
  7. 0.4 miles Brook Education Centre, CT195BY
  8. 0.4 miles Park Farm Primary School, CT195DH
  9. 0.4 miles Stella Maris Catholic Primary School, CT195BY
  10. 0.4 miles Stella Maris Catholic Primary School, CT195BY (210 pupils)
  11. 0.6 miles Mundella Primary School, CT195QX (192 pupils)
  12. 0.6 miles The Harvey Grammar School, CT195JY
  13. 0.6 miles St Nicholas Preparatory School, CT195AX
  14. 0.6 miles Compass Community School Coastal Park, CT195HH (30 pupils)
  15. 0.6 miles The Harvey Grammar School, CT195JY (1025 pupils)
  16. 0.6 miles Mundella Primary School, CT195QX (182 pupils)
  17. 0.7 miles South Kent College, CT202TZ
  18. 0.8 miles George Spurgen Community Primary School, CT196HG
  19. 0.8 miles Morehall Primary School, CT194PN
  20. 0.8 miles Folkestone Christ Church CofE Primary School, CT201DJ
  21. 0.8 miles Westbrook House Preparatory School, CT202NB
  22. 0.8 miles Earlscliffe, CT202NB (111 pupils)
  23. 0.8 miles Christ Church Cep Academy, Folkestone, CT201DJ (416 pupils)
  24. 0.8 miles Morehall Primary, CT194PN (198 pupils)
  25. 0.8 miles Morehall Primary School and Nursery, CT194PN (217 pupils)

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