Education

How Folkestone Library Could Stay at Grace Hill: Three Realistic Plans to Keep the Historic Site Open Without Raising Council Tax Above 3.99%

January 12, 2026 // 1 Comment

Works have started on Kent County Council’s new “town-centre hub” at 14 Sandgate Road — the former Woolworths — combining adult education and Folkestone Library, [...]

Folkestone Library: Grace Hill Sale Looms as KCC Set To Move Service to 14 Sandgate Road (Old Woolworths)

January 9, 2026 // 0 Comments

When Kent County Council finally shut the doors of Folkestone Library’s landmark Grace Hill building in December 2022, it did so on a stark claim: the building had become [...]

Anti-Misogyny Lessons in Schools: What the Data Says About Boys and Girls

January 3, 2026 // 0 Comments

The Government has unveiled a new package of measures aimed at tackling what it calls a “national emergency” in violence against women and girls (VAWG), with schools [...]

Why Folkestone Academy’s EHE Rate Is Triple the Kent Average

November 10, 2025 // 0 Comments

In a single year, 58 pupils left Folkestone Academy for Elective Home Education—6.6% of the school’s roll and more than three times the Kent secondary average. The [...]

Part 1: What Is a Refugee? Definition, Rights, and UK Law

September 29, 2025 // 1 Comment

Seventy-four years after governments gathered in Geneva to define who counts as a refugee and what the world owes them, the question feels newly contested. Border walls are [...]

Folkestone Library Closure: Historic Grace Hill Building Up for Sale After £2.9m Repair Costs and Community Protests

August 6, 2025 // 1 Comment

Folkestone’s Grade II Listed Library at 2 Grace Hill abruptly closed in late 2022 after severe water ingress rendered the Grade II listed building unsafe. Kent County [...]

Kent County Council SEND Crisis: Private School Placements Surge 28%

July 31, 2025 // 0 Comments

The cost to Kent County Council (KCC) of placing children with Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) in private schools has surged dramatically. New figures show a 28% [...]

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