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Kent College, Pembury

School in Kent, England

Summary

School in Kent, England

Field	Value
name	Kent College Senior School
coordinates
motto	Respice Finem - Look to the End
established	1886
type	Private day and boarding
religious_affiliation	Methodist
head_label	Head
head	Katrina Handford
founder	Wesleyan Methodist Schools' Association
address	Old Church Road
city	Tunbridge Wells
county	Kent
country	England
postcode	TN2 4AX
local_authority	KENT
urn	118946
staff	c. 100 Full time, 25 Part time
enrolment	c. 400 (Senior)
gender	Girls
lower_age	11
upper_age	18
website

the school in Pembury

Kent College is a private girls' day and boarding school for pupils aged 3-18. Forest Explorers Nursery is for girls and boys from rising 3 years, boys can join Reception Class and Year 1, and from September 2023 Year 2 as the Prep School becomes a co-ed school. The Senior School and Sixth Form are girls only from 11-18.

Location

Set in a 75-acre rural parkland estate in Pembury just outside Tunbridge Wells, the school consists of a Victorian manor house and with facilities including The Countess of Wessex Theatre, science centre, two indoor sports halls, music centre, astro, library and art centre, forest school, dance studio and two boarding houses. The grounds are adjacent to Pembury Old Church, and the nearest railway stations are in Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells.

History

In 1886, the school was established in Bouverie Road, Folkestone with twelve female pupils. John Stainer was one of the founders. The original site of the school is now occupied by apartments, which are named after heads of the school. In 1939, the school moved to its current location in Tunbridge Wells because of the danger to girls being too near the coast during World War II. During the war, the school was hit by a V-1 flying bomb, a German aircraft was shot down inside the school's grounds, and a pilot of a Hawker Hurricane died when his aircraft crashed inside the school's grounds. In 1945, the Prep School was established in Tunbridge Wells, and in 1989 it moved to the same location as the Senior School.

Prep School

The Prep School is located on the same site as the main school and is housed in its own buildings and shares many of the facilities at the Senior School. Full, weekly and flexi boarding are available to Prep School pupils aged 10 and above.

School heads

Edith Margaret James
1983–1989 John C.A. Barrett
1990–2002 Barbara Crompton
2002–2007 Anne E. Upton
2008–2015 Sally-Anne Huang
2016–2021 Julie Lodrick
2022–present Katrina Handford

Notable former pupils

Sarah Sands, former Editor of The Sunday Telegraph newspaper, current editor of the Today Programme
Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh
Suki Brownsdon, swimmer
Catie Munnings, British Rally Driver

References

(28 September 2006). "Old Girls renew the memories of their school days". Folkestone Herald.
(28 September 2006). "Friends reunited for lunch and laughter". Kentish Express.
(Winter 2010). "Kent College's WW2 Tribute". Kent College, Pembury.
"Kent College Pembury". Education Base.
(2004). "Inspection of Kent College, Pembury By the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) on April 26th – 30th, 2004 Main Report". Independent Schools Council.
[http://www.kent-college.co.uk/prep/?c=100325 Boarding – Introduction]
James, Martin. (2010). "Miss E Margaret James [MMS 1947–61, CSI Medak Diocese, Wesley Girls High School, Secunderabad] Died 7.12. 2009 aged 89". Friends of the Church in India.
(16 February 2011). "Kingswood". The Satanic Church in Britain.
(Autumn 2002). "Kent College Head Retires". Pembury Parish Council.
(2011). "Kent College Pembury". Guide to Independent Schools.

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