Kent College Pembury

An Independent Day School for Girls aged 3 -18, Boarding from 10 to18, 370+ girls, County of Kent 

About the School
Kent College Pembury is one of the leading independent senior schools for girls in Kent. Kent College Pembury ethos is founded on nurturing confidence and providing an exciting range of opportunities to inspire and achieve success. Kent College pupils achieve excellent examination results with high levels of Value Added. This means they achieve significantly better GCSE and A-level results than predicted from their entry level scores, enabling them to proceed to universities of their choice to fulfil their cherished ambitions. Kent College welcomes international students and provides for the educational and cultural needs of girls from all over the world. For the benefit of all students, the school has a policy to maintain a good balance of British and international students in classes and boarding houses. Overseas students at Kent College are well motivated and keen to learn. They come from professional families worldwide and go on to study at top universities in the UK and abroad after obtaining excellent GCSE and A-level results at Kent College. The Kent College community embraces the rich cultural diversity of its students and regularly celebrates this with special International Days.

 
Admissions
Main intakes of girls are at 11+ (Year 7), 13+ (Year 9) and 16+ (Lower 6th Form). College also accepts application from students for entry into other year group subject to places being available. An offer of a place is based on the results of the tests, an interview and a reference from the students’ current school.

Boarding
Once the application procedure is complete the school requires you to return the Entrance Form with appropriate deposit to confirm acceptance of your place. Upon receiving this Kent College will send you a 'Joining Instructions' pack which will answer most of the questions you may have. It will also include a number of medical and parental permission forms which parents are required to complete. Students in Years 7-11 (not Sixth Form) are required to wear uniform and a uniform list will be included in your pack. Boarding staff will help overseas students purchase their uniform from the school uniform shop on the day before term starts. All bed linen and duvets are provided although students are welcome to bring their own. Upon arrival all boarders are given a 'Boarders Handbook'. All new boarders are assigned a 'shadow' to look after them. An induction programme in the first week helps new boarders quickly settle into boarding and school life at Kent College.

English as Second language
Learning Development Department at Kent College co-ordinates the programme of extra English lessons for our international students. An experienced teacher of English as an Additional Language (EAL) provides tuition on a one-to-one basis or in small groups of two or three students, depending on ability. Upon joining the school, the English ability of each overseas student is assessed so that an individual programme of EAL lessons is devised, and this is monitored regularly so that lessons can be increased or reduced accordingly. Parents are advised of the costs once their daughter has been assessed. Private lessons in spoken English are also available to girls who wish to improve their pronunciation. Kent College can arrange for international students to take additional tuition in their own language such as Japanese and Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese) and some girls will take GCSE and A-level examinations in these subjects.

Location
By air – Gatwick Airport is about 40 minutes to drive, London Heathrow just over 1 hour to drive. By rail – Tonbridge & Paddock Wood (10 min by taxi) to London Charring Cross approximately 40 minutes. The international Eurotunnel at Ashford is just 30 minutes away from Kent College. By Eurostar to Europe via Ashford International Paris is less than 2 hours.

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