Editing Folkestone (section)

==Education==
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Schools and colleges in Folkestone include [[Folkestone Academy]] (formed by the merger of Hillside School for Boys and Holywell School for Girls in the early 1970s, and formerly known as Wyndgate Secondary School in the 1970s, the Channel High School in the 1980s, and the Channel School in the 1990s); and [[Turner Free School]] (opened in 2018 on the site of Pent Valley Technology College, formerly Pent Valley Secondary Modern, formed by the merger of Harcourt Secondary School for Girls and Morehall Secondary School for Boys in the 1970s).

There are two selective state secondary schools: [[Folkestone School for Girls]] (formed by the merger of Folkestone Technical High School for Girls and Folkestone Grammar School for Girls in the 1980s) and the [[Harvey Grammar School]] for boys. The latter was founded in 1674. These two schools have a common sixth form timetable.

[[East Kent College]] have a Folkestone campus providing a variety of courses including Apprenticeships, Hairdressing and Construction.

From 2007 to 2013, the University Centre Folkestone (a joint initiative of [[Canterbury Christ Church University]] and [[University of Greenwich]]) was located in the town providing a specialism in Performing Arts.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.canterbury.ac.uk/AboutUs/CampusesAndFacilities/Folkestone.aspx |title=University Centre Folkestone |website=www.canterbury.ac.uk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530080909/http://www.canterbury.ac.uk/AboutUs/CampusesAndFacilities/Folkestone.aspx |archive-date=30 May 2013}}</ref>

There are a number of primary schools in the town. State primaries include Folkestone Primary, Sandgate Primary, Morehall Academy and Martello Grove Academy, a new academy that opened in September 2015. Martello Grove Academy moved to new buildings on its campus in Warren Way in autumn 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.clague.co.uk/news/martello-grove-primary-academy-opens-pupils/ |title=Martello Grove Primary Academy opens to pupils |last=Leggeat |first=Gareth |date=7 November 2016 |website=Clague Architects |access-date=1 February 2018 |archive-date=2 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202065500/http://www.clague.co.uk/news/martello-grove-primary-academy-opens-pupils/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

Footballer and army officer [[Walter Tull]] attended the town's Mundella Primary School when it was North Board School.<ref name=bbctull>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/articles/2008/02/20/walter_tull_feature.shtml|title=The extraordinary life of Walter Tull |date=13 November 2014 |access-date=13 June 2008|publisher=BBC|location=London}}</ref>