Folkestone School for Girls
| Established | 1905 |
|---|---|
| Type | Grammar academy |
| Headteacher | T.Luke |
| Location |
Coolinge Lane Folkestone Kent CT20 3RB England Coordinates: 51°04′36″N 1°09′04″E / 51.0768°N 1.1512°E |
| DfE number | 886/5437 |
| DfE URN | 137837 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports Pre-academy reports |
| Students | 1048 |
| Gender | Girls |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Houses |
Austen Curie Johnson Pankhurst Lovelace Seacole |
| Colours | Dark Blue and Green |
| Website | The Folkestone School for Girls |
Folkestone School for Girls (FSG) is an all-girls grammar school with academy status, located in Folkestone, Kent, England. It is situated next to Sandgate Primary School on Coolinge Lane. It has good reports from OFSTED, and excellent grades from the pupils.
History
It started in 1905 as the Folkestone County School for Girls. The boys' grammar school is called the Harvey Grammar School.
Admissions
The school intended to use the entrance examination introduced by Dover Grammar School for Boys, but, after an objection by Kent County Council, it was ruled on 8 July 2005 by the Schools Adjudicator that the school should use the county's selection test.[1]
Radiation
The school was chosen at random by the Radiocommunications Agency, which has since been incorporated into Ofcom, as one of a number of schools for which the radiation exposure from cellphone transmitter towers should be measured. The measurements were made on 23 November 2001. According to the measurements, the highest ICNIRP (International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection) public exposure level on the site was over four-thousand times greater than the lowest level.[2]
House System
There are six houses named after historically important women: (Marie) Curie, (Amy) Johnson, (Jane) Austen, (Emmeline) Pankhurst, (Ada) Lovelace and (Mary) Seacole. Each house has an assigned colour, green, red, yellow, blue, orange and purple respectively. The houses also have their own prefects, chosen from Year 13.
Notable former pupils
- Tracey Crouch, Member of Parliament (MP) for Chatham and Aylesford
- Daphne Fowler, Brain of Britain winner 1997, BBC's Eggheads (TV series) team member 2003-Present
- Alison Hastings, Vice-President of the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), and Editor of Newcastle's Evening Chronicle from 1996-2002 [3]
- Dame Sheila Sherlock, hepatologist
References
- ↑ "Determination" (doc). Case reference: ADA/000723. Schools Adjudicator. 8 July 2005. Retrieved 21 December 2007.
- ↑ Baxter, Colin (March 2004) [August 2003]. "Radiation from Cellphone Transmitter Towers in the United Kingdom". Colin Baxter. Retrieved 21 December 2007.
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/about/bbc_trust_members/alison_hastings.html
