Sts Stephen's College was an educational establishment for girls run by the

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, an Anglican convent of

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(

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) from 1867. The college took gentlemen's daughters, clergymen's daughters (with a discount on fees), and

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s. St Stephen's moved to

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in 1919, and evacuated to

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during

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. The buildings in Folkestone were eventually acquired by

Folkestone School for Girls The Folkestone School for Girls (FSG) is an all-girls grammar school with academy status in Folkestone, Kent, England, next to Sandgate Primary School on Coolinge Lane. The school, in its current form, on its current site and under its curre ...

. After the war St Stephen's College was re-established in

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. It closed in 1991.

Timeline

Jenny Balston, ''The Story of St. Stephen's College'' (1994)

Notable former pupils

* Mary English, mycologist and historian

Literature

* Jenny Balston, ''The Story of St. Stephen's College'' (1994) * Valerie Bonham, ''A Joyous Service: The Clewer Sisters and Their Work'' (2012)

References

External links

St Stephen's College Broadstairs
organisation for former students. Girls' schools in Kent Girls' schools in Berkshire Broadstairs Defunct Church of England schools Educational institutions established in 1874 Educational institutions disestablished in 1991 1874 establishments in England {{UK-school-stub