Dane Court Grammar School vs The Folkestone School for Girls

Side by side

	Dane Court Grammar School	The Folkestone School for Girls
Phase	Secondary	Secondary
Gender	Mixed	Girls
Pupils on roll	1,152	1,145
Free school meals	19.3%	13.7%
Ofsted rating	Good	Good
Attainment 8 — 2025/26	67.2	62.3
11+ test board	GL Assessment	GL Assessment
Admission system	pass/fail then criteria order (score doesn't give priority after passing)	pass/fail then criteria order (score doesn't give priority after passing)
Places offered — 202627	165	180
First preferences per place — higher means more competition for a first-preference place	1.39	1.29

Qualifying scores

Dane Court Grammar School

332 out of 423 (2026 entry)

Aggregate ≥332 with no single paper below 108. County-wide Kent Test threshold: reaching it earns a 'suitable for grammar school' assessment, NOT a place — each school then applies its own oversubscription criteria, and super-selective schools (The Judd School, Skinners', Tonbridge, Dartford) fill in score order well above the threshold.

Council source ↗

The Folkestone School for Girls

332 out of 423 (2026 entry)

Aggregate ≥332 with no single paper below 108. County-wide Kent Test threshold: reaching it earns a 'suitable for grammar school' assessment, NOT a place — each school then applies its own oversubscription criteria, and super-selective schools (The Judd School, Skinners', Tonbridge, Dartford) fill in score order well above the threshold.

Council source ↗

Who gets priority

Where a school is oversubscribed, these are the first criteria applied, in order. This is usually what decides an application.

Dane Court Grammar School

Looked after and previously looked after children
Medical, health and special access reasons
Children eligible for the Pupil Premium
A sibling on roll at the time of entry
Nearness of home to the school

Source: school admissions policy.

The Folkestone School for Girls

Looked after and previously looked after children
Pupil Premium girls living in Folkestone & Hythe district
Girls living in Folkestone & Hythe district — nearest first
Other qualified girls — nearest first

Source: school admissions policy.

Choosing between them

Dane Court Grammar School is a mixed school and The Folkestone School for Girls is a girls school, so for many families the starting point is which one can admit their child. The figures on this page are the published ones — they describe intakes and results, not what either school would be like for your child. The right choice depends on your family's own priorities and circumstances.

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