Kent College, Canterbury, Kent

Founded 1885
Whitstable Road, Canterbury, Kent CT2 9DT
Tel: +44 1227 763231  Fax: +44 1227 787450

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Head Master: Dr David J Lamper, EdD BMus MA AKC  Bursar: Mrs Angela Hencher  Admissions: Mrs Jayne Simpson - Registrar

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Kent College is an outstanding co-educational day and boarding school for 3 to 18 year olds. The senior and junior campuses are situated half a mile apart overlooking the historic city of Canterbury and with easy access to all London airports.

Kent College is renowned as a particularly friendly and welcoming school with a strong family feeling. The school provides a challenging yet unfailingly supportive community that nurtures and develops an impressive range of talents and interests in order to enable every pupil to realise their full potential.

The high expectations of the school mean that pupils of all ages are given every opportunity and support to achieve academic excellence. The IB diploma is offered alongside our A-level courses.

The School can proudly boast that almost all sixth formers go on to their first choice University, including Oxford and Cambridge. This academic strength reflects the small class sizes and the quality of the teaching staff. A select number of pupils benefit from a specialist Dyslexia Support Centre and International Study Centre where pupils from overseas are given individual support.

At the entry points of 11, 13 and 16 Academic, Sport, Music, Art and Drama Scholarships are awarded to pupils with exceptional talents. Kent College is also able to offer means tested bursaries of up to 100% from the age of 8.

There are four boarding houses on the senior campus, two for boys and two for girls, each with house parents for whom this is their family residence. The junior school is able to offer boarding from the age of 7 in an extremely comfortable and home like environment. Students and parents benefit from flexibility as the school provides termly, weekly and occasional boarding.

An excellent array of sports facilities enables Kent College teams to make formidable competitors in any sport. Hockey is a particular strength, with regular representation in County and National squads.

The Music Centre offers state of the art facilities for all aspects of the subject including a recording studio. The provision for Music is now amongst the best in the country.

A huge range of extracurricular activities is available from the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme, to debating. A distinctive aspect of the school is that we have a thriving school farm and developing equine centre.

Age range: 3 - 18

Day pupils: 275 boys and 222 girls

Annual day fees: £8,805 - £14,541

Weekly boarding pupils: 2 boys and 2 girls

Annual weekly boarding fees: £19,308 - £24,390

Full boarding pupils: 105 boys and 68 girls

Annual full boarding fees: £19,308 - £26,151

This school offers flexi-boarding.

TOTAL PUPILS: 382 boys and 292 girls, including 54 boys and 40 girls in the 6th form

Staff numbers: 79 full time and 15 part time

Method of entry: Assessment, Entry test or exam, GCSE results, Interview, Report from previous school, References, Please apply to school, Early registration or registration at birth, Scholarship exam, Trial day at school, Visit school, Taster days

Accreditations and affiliations: BSA, HMC, IAPS, AGBIS, IBO, ISBA

Religious affiliation: All denominations welcome, Methodist

Teaching languages: English

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Academic	Languages	Sport	Activities	Music	Miscellaneous
Agriculture/Horticulture Business studies Design technology Drama/Theatre Economics Electronics Environmental studies Government/Politics ICT Philosophy/Ethics Photography Psychology	Chinese English as foreign/2nd language French German Japanese Latin Spanish	Athletics Badminton Basketball Cricket Cross-country Fencing Fitness training Football Golf Gymnastics Hockey Martial arts Netball Rounders Rugby Squash Swimming Table tennis Tennis	Adventure training Chess Dance Drama productions Duke of Edinburgh Award Horse riding and management Language club Public speaking/Debating Rowing Sailing Skiing Yoga Young Enterprise	Band/Orchestra Brass Choir Guitar Jazz Keyboard Organ Percussion Singing Strings Woodwind	After school club Experience of diplomatic corps' children Experience of expatriates' children Experience of gifted children Experience of international students Experience of services' children Particular diets School bus service

The school offers: Other bursaries, Drama, Academic, Armed forces discounts or bursaries, Art, Junior school entry, Siblings, Music, Financial need, Senior school entry, Boarding, All-rounder, 6th Form, Sport

Exam boards: Edexcel Foundation, AQA, OCR, IGCSE, AS Level, GCSE, IELTS, IB DP

  % pass rate at grades A* to C (exams at age 16): 94%
  % pass rate (exams at age 18): 100%
This school offers International Baccalaureate courses
24 courses are offered for age 18 exams
95% of pupils went on to Higher Education or took a Gap Year

This school provides for individual pupils with these needs:

This school has a special unit for this particular need:
Dyslexia or Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLD)
Epilepsy
Delicate/Medical Conditions
Aspergers Syndrome
Moderate Learning Difficulties (MLD)
Physical Disabilities

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