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.
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Rochester, Chatham and Maidstone
Phone: 01634 830633
www.midkent.ac.uk
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Ashford, Folkestone and Dover
Phone: 01303 858200
www.southkent.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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Back to TopStructure 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
Alan Harrison
Acting Principal,South Kent College

Bill Fearon
Principal,West Kent College
Alison Clarke
Principal,Canterbury College
Stephen Grix
Principal,Mid Kent College

Paul Hannan
Principal,Hadlow College
KAFEC employs a full-time Director of Operations:
Hayley Mills acts as Executive Officer to the groups, represents KAFEC on various committees and co-ordinates KAFEC external activities and manages partnership projects.
Hayley Mills,
Director of Operations, KAFEC
Mid Kent College,
Horsted Centre
Maidstone Road,
Chatham ME5 9UQ
Email: operations@kafec.org.uk
To contact KAFEC you can email the Director of Operations or click to go to the Contact Us page.





