South Kent College (SKC) was a college of

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and

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in southeast

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. The main campus was in

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and at several sites in Ashford. Following a

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report in 2008 that recommended a merger, in April 2010 SKC joined West Kent College to form South & West Kent College, trading as

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Campuses

* Ashford ** South Kent College & Ashford Sixth Form Centre, Jemmett Road ** Ashford School of Art & Design, Tufton Street ** Ashford School of Art & Design, Henwood Industrial Estate **An "Ashford Learning Campus" was proposed, teaching up to 14,000 students from 2011. After the merger, this was replaced with a £20m plan for a new campus at the Elwick Road site in spring 2013 and the sale of the Jemmet Road site. *

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Notable former pupils

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, serial child sex offender * Dominic King, radio broadcaster

References

External links

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