Test, Exam and Assessment Results
We consider results to be outstanding;
- In summer 24, the last year that allows national comparisons to be made, our academic results placed us in the top 6% of all schools nationally.
- In summer 25, 92% of students got their first choice universities and their first choice courses!
Students really do leave the school with an outstanding portfolio of academic qualifications. However, as a school we believe that exam results are what you get; they do not define who you are and will play only a part in shaping the person you become. Simply put, we are more than our grades! As a school, then, we are about a lot more than ‘just’ qualifications and thus have a much broader definition of success; a parallel focus on a strong academic portfolio of qualifications alongside co-curricular enrichment; genuine interests in the classroom and beyond it; aspiration and inspiration.
“The support you give to students to pursue their passions and the endless opportunities you offer in school for people to discover their own spark is simply amazing. To know I come to a school where my voice is heard and my goals are supported makes me feel confident about my future. The school I have come to has helped shape me into the strong young lady I feel I can be – that’s a credit to you.”
- Student comment, Summer 25
Year 11 2025
The latest exam results for Key Stage 4 are as follows:
Performance Measure |
2025 |
| Percentage of pupils achieving a grade 5 or above in GCSE English and GCSE maths (combined) | 67% |
| Progress 8 score | n/a |
| Attainment 8 score | 57.9 |
| Percentage of pupils staying in education or going into employment after key stage 4 | 99% |
| Percentage of pupils who were entered for the English Baccalaureate* (Ebacc) | 44% |
| Ebacc average point score (APS) | 5.11 |
*The Ebacc consists of English, Mathematics, Science, Geography or History AND a Modern Foreign Language. Not all students had elected to study this particular combination of subjects.
Year 13 2025
The latest exam results for Key Stage 5 are as follows:
Performance Measure |
2025 |
| A*-E grades (pass rate) | 99% |
| A*/A grades | 29% |
| A*-B grades | 57% |
| Average result A-Levels | Grade - B- |
| Average result applied general qualifications
|
Distinction + |
| Average result academic qualifications (including A-Levels) | Grade - B- |
| Progress Score | n/a |
| Retention | 96% |
Destinations post 18:
2025 - 135 in year group.
70% going to University (92% were offered their firm choice)
13% Gap year
1% Apprenticeship
2% Foundation Art
1% College
2% Employment
Other Key Statistics
The exam results above only tell part of the students' FSG journey. We have compiled some other statistics that give a flavour of what life is like at FSG.
| Percentage of students regularly engaged with co-curricular activities 24/25 | 85% |
| Number of trips organised/Percentage of students who have been on a trip in 24/25 | 142/86% |
| Number of trip places filled by students in the academic year 24/25 | 3160 |
| Number of students in the D of E programme across Bronze/Silver/Gold | c 400 |
| Estimated number of hours volunteered as part of D of E by FSG students. | 5500 |
| Number of cadets in our CCF contingent | c 300 |
| Percentage of Year 7 who signed up to start CCF in Year 8 in September 2025 | 75% |
| Number of local primary school children who have engaged with our Language Ambassadors programme | c 2000 |
| Largest cohort of any school signed up to the National Citizenship Service | In Kent, of the 510 students who signed up, 104 were from FSG. |
| National Awards won in the following areas | STEM, Youth Radio, Drama |
Our girls have achieved outstanding academic qualifications but much more besides! They have signed up, taken part, joined in and stood out in their droves!
They leave us as well qualified and well rounded young women and are well equipped for varied, fulfilling careers. They are ten feet tall.
The outstanding results achieved are testament to the hard work of students, the professionalism and dedication of staff, the continuing support of parents and the guidance and direction of trustees. They further cement The Folkestone School for Girls' already enviable reputation, locally and nationally, for delivering consistently outstanding academic results – and so much more.
Pupils feel spoilt for choice from the enormous range of clubs and trips on offer. Pupils are incredibly mature and embrace every opportunity available to them...
They stand ‘10 feet tall’ in this school because they learn to believe in themselves; they seize every opportunity enabling them to develop into articulate and confident young women”
Ofsted April 2024