Folkestone School for Girls
Grammar academy in Folkestone, Kent, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 Folkestone School for Girls | |
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Coolinge Lane , , CT20 3RB | |
Coordinates | 51°04′36″N 1°09′04″E |
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Type | Grammar academy |
Established | 1905 |
Department for Education URN | 137837 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Headteacher | M Lester |
Staff | 253 |
Gender | Girls |
Age | 11 to 18 |
Enrolment | 1048 |
Houses | Austen Curie Johnson Pankhurst Lovelace Seacole |
Colour(s) | Dark Blue and Green |
Website | http://www.folkestonegirls.kent.sch.uk/ |
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.