Education
See also: List of schools in KentThe county has four universities; Canterbury Christ Church University with campuses throughout East Kent, University of Kent, with campuses in Canterbury and Medway, and University of Greenwich (a London University), with sites at Woolwich, Eltham, London and Medway. The University for the Creative Arts (UCA) also has three of its five campuses in the county.
Whereas much of Britain adopted a comprehensive education system in the 1970s, Kent County Council (KCC) and Medway Unitary Authority are among around fifteen local authorities still providing wholly selective education through the eleven-plus examination with students allocated a place at a secondary modern school or at a grammar school. Together, the two Kent authorities have 38 of the 164 grammar schools remaining in Britain.
KCC has the largest education department of any local authority in Britain, providing school places for over 289,000 pupils.
| Schools in Kent (data from 2000) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEA | Nursery | Primary | Secondary (modern) |
Secondary (Grammar) |
Special | Pupil Referral Units |
Independent | City Technology College |
Total |
| KCC | 1 | 475 | 74 | 32 | 34 | 11 | 83 | 1 | 711 |
| Medway | 0 | 89 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 120 |
For the 2005–06 school year, KCC and Medway introduced a standardised school year, based on six terms, as recommended by the Local Government Association in its 2000 report, "The Rhythms of Schooling".
Kent County Council LEA maintains 96 secondary schools, of which 33 are selective schools and 63 are secondary modern schools.
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—Anna Quindlen (b. 1952)
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—Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876–1958)
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—D.H. (David Herbert)