Kent College, Pembury

Kent College
Motto Respice Finem
(Keep the end in view)
Established 1886
Type Independent
Religion Methodist
Headteacher Sally-Anne Huang
Founder Wesleyan Methodist Schools’ Association
Location Old Church Road
Pembury, Tunbridge Wells
Kent
TN2 4AX
England
Local authority Kent
DfE number 886/6009
DfE URN 118946
Staff c. 60 full time, 25 part time[1]
Students c. 200 (preparatory)
c. 350 (senior)
Gender Girls
Ages 3–18
Colours Navy blue
Publication Pulse
Website www.kent-college.co.uk

Kent College is a girls' independent boarding and day school in Pembury, Kent, England, divided into a preparatory school for the age range three to eleven, and a senior school for the age range eleven to eighteen. It was established in Bouverie Road, Folkestone in 1886 by the Wesleyan Methodist Schools’ Association, but is now an interdenominational Christian school. It is a member of the Girls' Schools Association.[2]

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Location

The school consists of a Victorian manor house and some modern buildings. The grounds are adjacent to Pembury Old Church, and the nearest railway station is High Brooms.[3]

History

In 1886, the school was established in Bouverie Road, Folkestone with twelve 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.[4] During the war, the school was hit by a V-1 flying bomb, a German aircraft was shot down inside the school's grounds,[5] and a pilot of a Hawker Hurricane died when his aircraft crashed inside the school's grounds.[6] In 1945, the preparatory school was established in Tunbridge Wells, and in 1989 it moved to the same location as the senior school.[7][8]

School heads

Notable former pupils

References

  1. ^ a b "Kent College Pembury". School details. Guide to Independent Schools. 2011. http://www.guidetoindependentschools.com/schools/view/217/Kent-College-Pembury/GSA-IAPS-BSA/Kent-College-Pembury-Old-Church-Road-Pembury-Tunbridge-Wells-Kent-TN2-4AX. Retrieved 11 May 2011. 
  2. ^ "Kent College". Schools' directory. Girls' Schools Association. 2009. http://www.mydaughter.co.uk/schools-directory/kent-college/. Retrieved 11 May 2011. 
  3. ^ "Kent College, Pembury, Tunbridge Wells, TN2 4AX". Come to beautiful Kent for intensive Easter holiday revision.. Justin Craig Education. http://www.justincraig.ac.uk/easter-revision-courses/kent-easter-holiday-revision.php. Retrieved 11 May 2011. 
  4. ^ "Old Girls renew the memories of their school days" (pdf). Folkestone Herald. Folkestone Herald. 28 September 2006. http://www.kent-college.co.uk/4lib/pdf/2006%20folkestone%20reunion%20-%20kc%27s%20120th%20anniversary.pdf. Retrieved 11 May 2011. 
  5. ^ "Friends reunited for lunch and laughter" (pdf). Kentish Express. Kentish Express. 28 September 2006. http://www.kent-college.co.uk/4lib/pdf/2006%20folkestone%20reunion%20-%20kc%27s%20120th%20anniversary.pdf. Retrieved 11 May 2011. 
  6. ^ "Kent College’s WW2 Tribute" (pdf). Pulse. Kent College, Pembury. Winter term 2010. http://www.kent-college.co.uk/4lib/pdf/winterpulse2010.pdf. Retrieved 11 May 2011. 
  7. ^ "Kent College Pembury". Presentation. Education Base. http://educationbase.co.uk/index.php?id=CC1894. Retrieved 11 May 2011. 
  8. ^ "Inspection of Kent College, Pembury By the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) on April 26th – 30th, 2004 Main Report" (pdf). Independent Schools Council. 2004. http://www.kent-college.co.uk/UserFiles/File/juniorschool/inspectionreports/Kent-College-Pembury-Inspection-Report.pdf. Retrieved 11 May 2011. 
  9. ^ James, Martin (2010). "Miss E Margaret James [MMS 1947-61, CSI Medak Diocese, Wesley Girls High School, Secunderabad Died 7.12. 2009 aged 89"]. Obituaries 2010. Friends of the Church in India. http://www.f-c-i.org.uk/html/obit_2010.html. Retrieved 11 May 2011. 
  10. ^ "Kingswood" (pdf). Resolutions. The Methodist Church in Britain. 16 February 2011. http://www.methodist.org.uk/downloads/conf10a-52-meth-ind-schools-160211.pdf. Retrieved 11 May 2011. 
  11. ^ "Kent College Head Retires" (pdf). Pembury Village News - Issue 111. Pembury Parish Council. Autumn 2002. http://www.pembury.org.uk/oldpvn/issue111.pdf. Retrieved 11 May 2011. 

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