Folkestone School for Girls
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Folkestone School for Girls (FSG) is an all-girls grammar school in Folkestone
, Kent
. It is located next to Sandgate Primary School
on Coolinge Lane. It has good reports from OFSTED, and excellent grades from the pupils. There is a crosskeys bus that takes girls to the top of the hill.
, but, after an objection by Kent County Council, it was ruled on July 8 2005 by the Schools Adjudicator that the school should use the county's selection test.
, as one of a number of schools for which the radiation exposure from cellphone transmitter towers should be measured. The measurements were made on November 23 2001. According to the measurements, the highest ICNIRP (International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection
) public exposure level on the site was over four-thousand times greater than the lowest level.
Folkestone
Folkestone is the principal town in the Shepway District of Kent, England. Its original site was in a valley in the sea cliffs and it developed through fishing and its closeness to the Continent as a landing place and trading port. The coming of the railways, the building of a ferry port, and its...
, Kent
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
. It is located next to Sandgate Primary School
Sandgate Primary School
Sandgate Primary School is located between the Folkestone School for Girls and Eversley College in Sandgate, Kent. The old school building is located in the village on Sandgate Road and is up for sale. The modern building lies on Coolinge Lane and has extensive recreational grounds...
on Coolinge Lane. It has good reports from OFSTED, and excellent grades from the pupils. There is a crosskeys bus that takes girls to the top of the hill.
History
It started in 1905 as the Folkestone County School for Girls. The boys' grammar school is called the Harvey Grammar School.Admissions
The school intended to use the entrance examination introduced by Dover Grammar School for BoysDover Grammar School for Boys
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, but, after an objection by Kent County Council, it was ruled on July 8 2005 by the Schools Adjudicator that the school should use the county's selection test.
Radiation
The school was chosen at random by the Radiocommunications Agency, which has since been incorporated into OfcomOfcom
Ofcom is the government-approved regulatory authority for the broadcasting and telecommunications industries in the United Kingdom. Ofcom was initially established by the Office of Communications Act 2002. It received its full authority from the Communications Act 2003...
, as one of a number of schools for which the radiation exposure from cellphone transmitter towers should be measured. The measurements were made on November 23 2001. According to the measurements, the highest ICNIRP (International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection
International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection
The International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection is an international commission specialized in non-ionizing radiation protection. The organization's activities include determining exposure limits for electromagnetic fields used by devices such as cellular phones..ICNIRP is an...
) public exposure level on the site was over four-thousand times greater than the lowest level.
House System
There are four houses named after historically important women: (Marie) Curie, (Amy) Johnson, (Jane) Austen and (Emmeline) Pankhurst. Each house has an assigned colour, green, red, yellow and blue, respectively. The houses also have their own prefects, chosen from Year 13.Notable former pupils
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