Kent College, Canterbury肯特坎特伯雷学院

About the school
Kent College (Canterbury) Senior School is a co-educational independent day and boarding school for
pupils aged between 11 and 19 years. The school is a charity within the Methodist Independent SchoolTrust, which acts as its proprietor. The schools’ governing body undertakes almost all aspects of governance, apart from the most significant financial decisions which are taken by the school trust.

Kent College was founded in 1885 and acquired by the board of management of Methodist schools in 1920. The senior school, together with the junior school and the international study centre (ISC) are component institutions of Kent College (Canterbury). Since the previous inspection a new post of executive headmaster has been created to oversee all the component institutions of Kent College, and there has been a new chair of governors appointed.

There are three boys' and two girls' single-sex boarding houses for pupils aged between 11 and 19 years. The sixth form provides for pupils aged 17 to 19 years.

What the school seeks to do
The school seeks to maintain high educational standards in all academic, cultural and sporting
activities, stimulating excitement in learning and requiring discipline in study whatever the ability of the child. The school endeavours to provide a caring Christian family community, committed to the development of the full potential of each individual, which upholds Christian values in practice as well as in theory. The school is keen to make religious education a strong feature of the curriculum and it welcomes members of all faiths and none in a spirit of openness and tolerance.

About the pupils
Pupils including the boarders come from a range of professional and other family backgrounds, whose
heritage reflects that of the local area. Nationally standardised test data used by the school indicates that the ability of the pupils aged 11 to 16 years is above average, and for the sixth form it is broadly average. The school has identified 110 pupils as having special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), such as dyslexia and dyspraxia, 40 of whom receive additional support. No pupil has aneducational, health and care (EHC) plan. One hundred and fifty-one pupils have English as an additional language (EAL), forty-five of whom receive additional support. The school identifies a number of pupils as being the most able in the school's population, and the curriculum is modified for them and for other able pupils in sport, music and drama.