About Us

KAFEC is an innovative partnership of the seven further education colleges based in Kent and Medway. (Scroll down to see an interactive map of our locations).

It is primarily a strategic partnership, which seeks to promote further education locally, regionally and nationally.

Place mouse over the map and the legend below for more information about our college locations.

NW Kent College
Gravesend and Dartford
Phone: 01322 629400
www.nwkcollege.ac.uk
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Mid Kent College
Rochester, Chatham and Maidstone
Phone: 01634 830633
www.midkent.ac.uk
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Canterbury College
Canterbury and Sheppey
Phone: 01227 811111
www.cant-col.ac.uk
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Hadlow College
Hadlow
Phone: 01732 850551
www.hadlow.ac.uk
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West Kent College
Tonbridge
Phone: 01732 358101
www.wkc.ac.uk
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South Kent College
Ashford, Folkestone and Dover
Phone: 01303 858200
www.southkent.ac.uk
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Thanet College
Broadstairs
Phone: 01843 605040
www.thanet.ac.uk
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The seven colleges are:

Canterbury College
Hadlow College (specialist land-based college)
Mid Kent College
North West Kent College
South Kent College
Thanet College
West Kent College

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Structure and History

KAFEC was formally established in 1994 in recognition of the need for K&M colleges to work collaboratively and in partnership to improve the funding, quality and curriculum offer for potential and existing learners in Kent and Medway.

Surprisingly it is a virtually unique partnership with very few similar models nationally. The benefits of partnership are very real and of great advantage to the people and businesses across the county.

There are a number of KAFEC network groups, all overseen by the KAFEC Principals' Group, which meets six times each year to discuss and carry forward strategic issues regarding education and training.

The KAFEC Principals' Group

Malcolm Bell

Principal,
North West Kent College

Sue Buss

Principal,
Thanet College

Monica Box

Principal,
South Kent College

Bill Fearon

Principal,
West Kent College

Alison Clarke

Principal,
Canterbury College
Steven Grix

Stephen Grix

Principal,
Mid Kent College

Paul Hannan

Principal,
Hadlow College

KAFEC employs a full-time Director of Development:

Jane Spurgin is the newly appointed (July 2009) Director of Development whose role is to implement strategy and policy, as agreed by the KAFEC Principals' Group and to undertake executive management responsibility for the successful delivery of KAFEC's strategic priorities.

To contact KAFEC you can email operations@kafec.org.uk or click to go to the Contact Us page.

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