Kent College Junior School

Welcome to Kent College Junior School, a school that offers a unique education that is developed to enable our children to develop the abilities, skills and confidence to face the many and varied challenges that lie ahead of them on their exciting journey through life in our rapidly changing and developing world.

Modern needs are met in our idyllic environment, these needs are underpinned with traditional values as children develop the academic skills and the social skills to enable them to thrive as they grow. Our education is challenging and inspiring, lessons are enjoyable, the range of opportunities is vast, as our children make the most of their maximum skill acquisition years which fall when they are in Junior School. Whether it is in our accelerated learning programme in Maths, English, a foreign language or computing, or during our GREAT programme or at an after school activity, if you visit, you will see smiling faces and children enjoying the many and varied challenges with teachers and coaches that inspire teach to a very high level.

Underpinning this academic progression and broad range of skills at the heart of the school is the ability to empathise, to look at different situations and choose an action that is appropriate. To develop the ability to take responsibility and this includes all the children.

The world these children enter as young adults will be very different from the one I grew up in, they will be fit, healthy and many of the occupations that they follow do not exist now. We must help them develop the self confidence to face every challenge.

Kent College has always enjoyed a reputation as a particularly friendly and welcoming school.

This is a tradition the School is very anxious to maintain and strengthen, so a clearly articulated mission statement and a widely circulated set of aims and values are an important element in pursuing this goal. Please see these statements as much more than pious platitudes.

At Kent College we genuinely try to live by them.

The aims of Kent College are to:

• Be a caring Christian family community committed to the development of the full potential of each individual:
• Maintain high educational standards in all academic, cultural and sporting activities, stimulating high excitement in learning and requiring discipline in study whatever the ability of the child;
• Work with and in the communities it serves;
• Worship as Christians in the Methodist tradition and uphold Christian values in practice as well as in theory, whilst welcoming members of other faiths (and none) in a spirit of openness and tolerance; and to make religious education a strong feature of the curriculum;
• Encourage pupils in a critical examination of the standards and values current in society and to discover and develop a personal faith and spiritual values to guide them through their lives.

At Kent College we value:

• An understanding of Christian values and a nurturing of moral responsibilities and behaviour regardless of age or background;
• Close co-operation between parents, pupils and staff;
• Enthusiasm, endeavour and self-discipline in all that we do;
• Academic rigour at all levels of activity;
• A commitment to strive for improvement and the pursuit of truth;
• Curiosity, critical awareness and responsibility;
• Fairness, trust and confidence in our dealings with one another;
• Initiative, creativity and tenacity in the search for personal growth;
• Qualities of loyalty, leadership and support;
• Tolerance and respect for others no matter what their differences.