Church of England
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sixth form
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located on a parkland site on the outskirts of
Canterbury
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The Archbishop of Canterbury is the primate of ...
,
Kent
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, England. It is a school for pupils and students of all abilities from the ages of 11 to 19, and has approximately 850 pupils. The school was founded in 1958.
The Archbishop's School is situated on St Stephens's Hill, in the village of
Hackington
Hackington is an area of Canterbury in Kent, England, also known (especially historically) as St Stephen's, incorporating the northern part of the city, as well as a semi-rural area to the north.
It is an ancient ecclesiastical parish, with the ...
(not to be confused with the
civil parish
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of the same name), approximately a mile North-West of the city centre. The
Rector
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Style or title
*Rector (ecclesiastical), a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations
*Rector (academia), a senior official in an edu ...
of Hackington (St Stephen's) is an ex officio Governor of the school, and since 2014 has also held the office of school chaplain (prior to 2014 this was a separate appointment).
It has six
houses
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named Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, after the four Evangelists, and two others, Paul and Peter, named after the apostles of those names.
Learning Support/Student Support
The school has a special VI (Visual Impairment) team with equipment catered to the student such as a Braille typewriter. It also has students with SpLDs (Specific Learning Difficulties) such as Dyslexia, Autism, and ADHD.