Kingston Maurward College (KMC) is a specialist land-based college set in 750 acres of farmland, parkland, gardens, and a conservation area. KMC is located two miles from Dorchester in Dorset. KMC provides courses at entry level through to higher education that mainly train learners for jobs in the land-based sector. At the time of inspection, 738 16- to 18-year-old learners were enrolled on full-time courses. These learners study a wide range of courses including animal management, equine studies, and construction. The college has 130 learners who have high needs. Just over half of these study foundation courses for learners with few prior qualifications. The rest are studying a range of vocational courses. At the time of inspection, 58 adults were studying the part-time Royal Horticultural Society horticulture level 2 course. A further 16 adult learners were enrolled on a range of full-time courses. KMC offers six apprenticeship standards, mostly at level 2. These standards include arborist, countryside worker and horticulture/landscape operative. At the time of inspection there were 63 apprentices.