Boarding and Sporting Houses
The School introduced separate boarding and sporting Houses during the 1990s. Boarders are sorted into both a boarding House and a sporting House, whilst day pupils are only sorted into a sporting House.
There are four sporting Houses:
- Marlowe House
- Chaucer House
- Becket House
- Augustine House
There are four boarding Houses:
- School House - Boys
- Guilford House - Boys
- Austen House - Girls
- Wesley House - Girls
Two other boarding Houses became defunct during the 1990s:
- Lower School
- Milton House
Lower School was originally the designated boarding house for all boarders in the 1st and 2nd Years (Years 7 and 8). In 1996, Lower School was closed, and the Prickett Building was redeveloped as classrooms; the boarders were moved to Milton House (boys) and Austen House (girls). At the start of the 1997-1998 academic year, Milton House was combined with School House, as both Houses were located in the main school building, albeit on separate floors.
Kent College acquired two outhouses - "The Manse", on Whitstable Road, and a villa in London Road - to accommodate boarders before the construction of additional boarding accommodation within the school grounds. Neither property remains in the school's possession.
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