Folkestone Academy is a mixed

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and

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with academy status in

Folkestone Folkestone ( ) is a coastal town on the English Channel, in Kent, south-east England. The town lies on the southern edge of the North Downs at a valley between two cliffs. It was an important harbour, shipping port, and fashionable coastal res ...

Kent Kent is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Essex across the Thames Estuary to the north, the Strait of Dover to the south-east, East Sussex to the south-west, Surrey to the west, and Gr ...

, England that was established in September 2007. In April 2017, the school became a part of Turner Schools

History

The £40m purpose-built academy opened in 2007 and replaced the town's Channel School. In October 2013 a sixth form centre was built at The Glassworks, in Folkestone's Creative Quarter close to the town centre. It was originally established as an

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educating pupils from the age of 4. However the primary department of the school was formally split from Folkestone Academy in September 2020 to become Folkestone Primary. The building has had 4 main cosmetic changes, mostly during 2013 going from a green colour scheme to an orange colour scheme, in 2016 when the school went

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grey and finally in 2019 changing to the current blue and white scheme. The site originally contained the Wyndgate Secondary School after merging with Hillside School for Boys and Holywell School for Girls during the 1970s, eventually renamed to the Channel High School in the 1980s and the

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in the early-mid 1990s. However in late 2006 to be replaced with Folkestone Academy in 2007, opening in Sep.2007 and remaining open to this day.

Statistics

Folkestone academy holds approximately 2170 students with a current usage of 1485 students as of 2023. Folkestone Academy has 9

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Class and many more classrooms.

References

External links

* Educational institutions established in 2007 Secondary schools in Kent Academies in Kent Folkestone 2007 establishments in England {{Kent-school-stub