The school, in its current form, on its current site and under its current name, started in 1983. Its history goes much further back, however, to 1905 as the Folkestone County School for Girls. There is a Folkestone School Old Girls' Association with further information and some 800 members, including from various of the current school's predecessors, which, along the way have merged. The previous names were various:
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 and Shepway test.[1] In 2017, around 85% of students either continued onto university or planned to do so after a gap year. The remainder went into directly into employment.[2]
^"Determination". Case reference: ADA/000723. Schools Adjudicator. 8 July 2005. Archived from the original(doc) on 24 March 2009. Retrieved 21 December 2007.
