Maidstone is a county town of Kent, England. It is located 32 miles from South-East London. It currently has a population of approximately over 100,000 residents living in this borough. Education in Maidstone is compulsory for children up until they are 16 years old. Schools follow the British educational system and is divided into three levels: Primary School, Secondary Schools and Higher Education. Maidstone provides 23 Primary School, 15 Secondary Schools, and two Special Schools. It also offers Non-Selective Secondary Schools such as New Line Learning Academy, Cornwallis Academy, Maplesden Noakes, and St. Augustine Academy. Maidstone also offers Grammar Schools; Maidstone Grammar School was first founded in 1546. James Burke and Lord Beeching both were alumni of Maidstone Grammar School; William Golding, the author of Lord of the Flies taught at the school. Maidstone is also home to one of the University for the Creative Arts (formerly Kent Institute of Art and Design) campus, where Turner Prize, Tracey Emin, Karen Millen, and artist Tony Hart have studied.
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