Powered by SchoolDash
Want to chat? The Schools Guide's AI consultant is here to help
The Folkestone School for Girls
Coolinge Lane, Folkestone CT20 3RB
The Folkestone School for Girls is a selective academy. It has 149 staff (about 112 FTEs), including 77 teachers (about 67 FTEs).
Particular strengths include Qualified teachers, Staff development and Unfilled vacancies. Relative weaknesses include Assistant:teacher ratio.
The school's overall score (out of 100) is given below. Coloured segments show the contributions of each indicator, explained in more detail below. Hover over the segments for details. Personalise the score by clicking on the button to set your own priorities.
Choose what matters most to you with the menus below. By default, all indicators are set to ‘Relevant’ and are weighted equally in calculating overall scores for each school. Choose ‘Important’ for higher priorities and ‘Unimportant’ or ‘Ignore’ for lower priorities.
Important Relevant Unimportant Ignore
Important Relevant Unimportant Ignore
Important Relevant Unimportant Ignore
Important Relevant Unimportant Ignore
Important Relevant Unimportant Ignore

Other schools nearby

Overall scores for nearby schools are shown. Hover over the circles to see school names; click on them to go the corresponding school pages. Use the button on the left to personalise these scores based on your own priorities.
Distance
(miles)		 Score Name
0.7The Harvey Grammar School
1.1Turner Free School
1.2Folkestone Academy
3.7Brockhill Park Performing Arts College
6.9Astor Secondary School
7.0Dover Grammar School for Boys
7.8Dover Grammar School for Girls
8.0St Edmund's Catholic School
8.2Dover Christ Church Academy
8.9Duke of York's Royal Military School
10.8The Marsh Academy
11.7Wye School
Overall scores for nearby schools are shown. Click on school names to go their corresponding pages. Use the button on the left to personalise these scores based on your own priorities.
Qualified teachers: Above average. The proportion of qualified teachers is about 99%, which is quite high compared to other schools.
Staff development: Above average. Reported staff development spend is £394 per teacher per year, which is quite high compared to other schools.
Unfilled vacancies: About average. The proportion of unfilled or temporarily filled teaching positions is 0.5%, which is roughly average compared to other schools.
Assistant:teacher ratio: Poor. The number of assistants per teacher is about 0.06, which is very low compared to other schools.
Pupil:teacher ratio: There is no pupil:teacher ratio information for this school.
Copyright © 2025 | Last updated 2/6/2025