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The Folkestone School for Girls vs The Harvey Grammar School

Both are grammar schools in Kent, 0.7 miles apart. Side-by-side on official DfE, Ofsted and council admissions data.

Side by side

The Folkestone School for Girls The Harvey Grammar School
Phase Secondary Secondary
Gender Girls Boys
Pupils on roll 1,145 1,005
Free school meals 13.7% 14.9%
Ofsted rating Good Outstanding
Attainment 8 — 2025/26 62.3 65.2
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 180 147
First preferences per place — higher means more competition for a first-preference place 1.29 1.29

Qualifying scores

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 ↗

The Harvey 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 ↗

Who gets priority

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

The Folkestone School for Girls

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

Source: school admissions policy.

The Harvey Grammar School

  1. Looked after and previously looked after children
  2. Pupil Premium boys living in Folkestone & Hythe district
  3. Boys living in Folkestone & Hythe district — nearest first
  4. Other qualified boys — nearest first

Source: school admissions policy.

Choosing between them

The Folkestone School for Girls is a girls school and The Harvey Grammar School is a boys 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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