The School
Kent College is an independent girls' boarding and day school with a Senior School (ages 11-18) and Prep School (ages 3-11) sharing the same site. Founded in 1886 by the Wesleyan Methodist Schools' Association, today Kent College is an interdenominational Christian school welcoming girls of all faiths and backgrounds.

Since 1939 the school has been located on a 75-acre site, surrounded by beautiful green countryside on the outskirts of Royal Tunbridge Wells in Kent, a safe and rural part of south-east England. The campus comprises an elegant Victorian manor house and architect-designed modern facilities, including boarding houses, sports hall, theatre, music school, science laboratories, Sixth Form study centre, and an indoor heated swimming pool.

The school is committed to a continuous programme of development and developments in recent years have included:



A multi-media laboratory with 22 PC-based workstations in an air conditioned room. Used predominantly by modern languages students.

A £1 million state-of-the-art theatre, providing a modern, flexible venue for performing arts with seating for up to 360. Computerised lighting and sound equipment is operated from a control room, by a team of trained students.

A large well-equipped sports hall which was officially opened by Olympic gold medallist Roger Black.

The dining hall has been extended and refurbished, providing a light airy space for pupils and staff in both schools to eat lunch and where all boarders have their meals.

The Sixth Form study centre was upgraded and refurbished to provide more study rooms, a larger common room with kitchen and networked IT facilities.

The has been an ongoing refurbishment programme for the boarding houses.

A new general science laboratory has been opened.

New subjects have been added to the curriculum including AS/A-level ICT, Food Technology, PE, and Product Design:Textiles.

Kent College places a strong emphasis on extra-curricular activities and fosters an ethos of participation. Girls follow a balanced programme of academic work and activities to build up a strong Record of Achievement, necessary for successful university and employment applications.

Kent College is a successful school with an excellent reputation. As well as a continually improving academic record, the school is well known for high standards in drama, music, sport and art. In March 2001 a professional research consultant was employed to interview 12 heads of local preparatory schools whose pupils regularly progress to KC at age 11 and 13. The research project found that the "quality of care was considered better at Kent College than at its rivals by every feeder head."

In May 1996 the school won the West Kent Business of the Year Award, and in July 1997 achieved the National Investors in People standard for staff development, which was re-awarded in July 2000 and 2003.

The assessor's report stated that "the school shows exemplary practice in the way it recruits new teaching staff" and that there was "no hesitation in stating that Kent College continues to meet the National Standard."

Staff commented that the school was a "stimulating place to work" and "very supportive." The report also stated that "all staff felt there was an equality of opportunity for training within the school."

In May 2002 the school received a national Sportsmark Award from Sport England, in recognition of our commitment to physical education and sports provision. Sport has gone from strength to strength and the academic year 2003-2004 was a tremendous year for sport with many individual and team achievements, including the U15 relay team becoming national champions at the IAPs National Athletics Championships and the U13 Hockey team being placed 2nd in Kent.