The Beacon Folkestone
School Name: The Beacon Folkestone Address: Park Farm Road Town/City: Folkestone County: Kent Postcode: CT19 5DN Country: 50121045 Telephone Number: 01303 847555 Website: www.thebeacon.kent.sch.uk
Phase: Ages 3-19 Type: Foundation special school Religious Denomination: None Admissions Policy: Non-selective Trust: Kent Special Educational Needs Trust (ksent)
Executive Headteacher: Mr Ady Young
Capacity: 354
Gender: Mixed
The following details are from a census on 20 January 2022:
Number of pupils: 393 (66% boys & 34% girls)
Enrollment: 111% of capacity
Free school meal eligibility: 51.8%
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
URN: 119044
DfE Number: 886/7043
UKPRN: 10015914
Region: South East (E12000008)
District: Folkestone and Hythe (E07000112)
Constituency: Folkestone and Hythe (E14000704)
Electoral Ward: Broadmead (E05010015)
Easting & Northing: 622300E, 137128N
Latitude & Longitude: 51° 5' 27.57" N 1° 10' 23.7" E
Plus Code: 9F3335RF+97
DfE Record: View record
- Folkestone Beacon Plus (0.1km)
- Stella Maris Catholic Primary School (0.3km)
- Folkestone Academy (0.5km)
- Folkestone Primary (0.5km)
- Mundella Primary School (0.5km)
- Compass Community School Coastal Park (0.8km)
- Christ Church Cep Academy, Folkestone (0.9km)
- Castle Hill Community Primary School (0.9km)
- Earlscliffe (1.2km)
- The Harvey Grammar School (1.2km)
- Jessica Budd - Governor. Appointed on 7 February 2023 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 6 February 2027.
- Mrs Danny Edwards - Governor. Appointed on 21 March 2022 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 20 March 2026.
- Emma Harknett - Governor. Appointed on 7 February 2023 (Elected by parents). Term runs until 6 February 2027.
- Daisy Madder - Governor. Appointed on 12 December 2022 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 11 December 2026.
- Mr Nathan Moore - Governor. Appointed on 27 September 2021 (Elected by school staff). Term runs until 26 September 2025.
- Councillor Derek Murphy - Governor. Appointed on 7 December 2020 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 6 December 2024.
- Mrs Julie Nixon - Chair of Governors. Appointed on 19 October 2018 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 28 June 2024.
- Jo Southby - Governor. Appointed on 13 December 2021 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 12 December 2025.
- Nicola Webster-Hart - Governor. Appointed on 7 March 2022 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 7 March 2026.
- Mrs Kate Yeoman - Governor. Appointed on 28 September 2019 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 27 September 2023.
- Alison Yound - Governor. Appointed on 9 December 2019 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 8 December 2023.