Editing Canterbury (section)

== Education ==

=== Universities ===

[[File:Darwin College - UKC.JPG|thumb|Darwin College, part of the University of Kent campus]]

Canterbury hosts some 31,000 [[students]] and has the highest student to permanent resident ratio in the UK.<ref name="perc">Kentish Gazette 14 May 2015</ref> They attend three [[universities]], and other higher education institutions.<ref>Higher and Further Education in the Canterbury District: An Impact Review [http://www.canterbury.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/166/higher_and_further_education_impact_review_document.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123131855/https://www.canterbury.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/166/higher_and_further_education_impact_review_document.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123131855/http://www.canterbury.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/166/higher_and_further_education_impact_review_document.pdf|archive-date=23 January 2021|url-status=live|date=23 January 2021}}</ref> The [[University of Kent]]'s main [[campus]] extends to {{convert|600|acre|ha|0}} and is situated on Saint Stephen's Hill, a mile north of Canterbury city centre. In 2014, it enrolled around 20,000 students.<ref name="profile">{{cite web|title=University profile |publisher=University of Kent |url=http://www.kent.ac.uk/about/statistics.html |access-date=28 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080602085351/http://www.kent.ac.uk/about/statistics.html |archive-date=2 June 2008 }}</ref> [[Canterbury Christ Church University]] was founded as a [[teacher training]] college in 1962 by the [[Church of England]]; in 2005 it became a university. In 2024, it had around 30,000 students.<ref name="Christ Church">{{cite web | title =History | publisher =Canterbury Christ Church University | url =http://www.canterbury.ac.uk/about/history.asp | access-date =28 May 2008 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20071012030122/http://www.canterbury.ac.uk/about/history.asp | archive-date =12 October 2007 | url-status =dead | df =dmy-all }}</ref> The [[Franciscan]] International Study Centre is close to the University of Kent campus.<ref name="franciscans">{{cite web |url-status=dead |url=http://www.franciscans.ac.uk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706113749/http://www.franciscans.ac.uk/ |archive-date=6 July 2018 |website= Franciscans.ac.uk |access-date=25 May 2008 |title=Welcome - Franciscans }}</ref>

=== Schools ===
[[File:King's School canterbury 7687.jpg|thumb|The King's School]]

[[The King's School, Canterbury|King's School]] is the oldest [[secondary school]] in the United Kingdom. St. Augustine established it shortly after his 597 arrival in Canterbury though documented history of it only began after [[dissolution of the monasteries]] in the 16th century, when it took the present name in honour of [[Henry VIII]].<ref name="King’s">{{cite web|title=A Brief History of the King's School, Canterbury |publisher=The King's School |url=http://www.kings-school.co.uk/document_1.aspx?id=1:31887&id=1:31658&id=1:31637 |access-date=28 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928010901/http://www.kings-school.co.uk/document_1.aspx?id=1%3A31887&id=1%3A31658&id=1%3A31637 |archive-date=28 September 2011 }}</ref>

The city's secondary [[grammar schools]] are [[Barton Court Grammar School]], [[Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys]] and [[Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School]], all of which in 2008 had over 93% of their pupils gain five or more [[GCSE]]s at grades A* to C including English and maths.<ref name="GCSE">{{cite news| title = Secondary schools in Kent: GCSE-level| work = BBC News| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/education/08/school_tables/secondary_schools/html/886_gcse_lea.stm| date = 15 January 2000| access-date = 31 July 2009| archive-date = 23 January 2021| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210123131857/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/education/08/school_tables/secondary_schools/html/886_gcse_lea.stm| url-status = live}}</ref>