North Kent College is a large general further education college based in Kent. In 2020, the college took over the management of the Hadlow campus of Hadlow College, a specialist land-based college, and the Tonbridge campus of West Kent and Ashford College. Consequently, the college now has four main sites located at Dartford, Tonbridge, Gravesend and Hadlow. Just under half of learners study at the Dartford site. There is also ‘the learning shop’, a hub for adult learners at the Blue Water shopping centre. Leaders offer programmes across a wide range of vocational subjects from level 1 to higher education in areas including catering, performing and visual arts, beauty therapy and equine studies. Learners also study T levels in design and development for engineering and manufacturing; accounting; design, surveying and planning for construction; and education and childcare. At the time of the inspection there were just under 4,000 learners studying programmes for young people, including around 240 learners in receipt of high needs funding. There were also just under 300 adult learners. Around 360 apprentices were receiving training in areas such as maritime studies, engineering and business administration. About a third of apprentices were aged 16 to 18 years old with the remainder over 19 years old.