The Grade II-listed building near Ewhurst, Surrey, was designed by Ernest George and Harold Peto.

[3][4] St Thomas of Canterbury School was opened at Woolpit House in 1949 and, by October 1951, pupil numbers had grown to more than 70.

[7] The two schools merged on the Ewhurst site in 1976, adopting the name "Duke of Kent School" in honour of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent.

Initially a boys-only boarding school, it became co-educational two years later.

[9] GCSE courses were first taught in October 2008 and the first cohort of Year 11 pupils left the school in the summer of 2011.