Explore

Applications Open - Monday 2 November 2026

Applications Close - Open all year

How to Apply - Please apply through KentChoices and use your KentChoices login which your school should provide.

PLEASE NOTE - Popular courses can fill up quickly so apply early to avoid disappointment

If you have any queries regarding the courses, please contact EKC Folkestone College

You can make up to 5 applications to Colleges within the EKC Group, that is:

• EKC Ashford College
• EKC Broadstairs College*
• EKC Canterbury College*
• EKC Dover College
• EKC Folkestone College*
• EKC Sheppey College

*Junior Colleges exist in these locations.

Please only add one course or T Level per application, except for A Levels at EKC Canterbury College, where up to 4 A Level courses can be added per application. At your interview, you and the tutors can discuss the best level and courses in order for you to progress.

Our ‘Explore’ courses enable students to explore the senses and interaction through a range of different ways. The multi-sensory curriculum is designed to develop communication, awareness and engagement at an individual pace. Students take part in meaningful, practical experiences that encourage curiosity and interactions across a range of new and familiar settings. Learning is tailored to each individual, with personalised targets reviewed regularly to support progression.

On our ‘Explore’ courses, students learn from a multi-sensory curriculum, focusing on the senses and interaction. Our Inclusive learning department has specialist facilities, including sensory and Intensive Interaction room, where skills are developed. These skills include: • Sensology • Tacpac • Intensive interaction • Sensory story massage • Sensory Modulation • Gardening • Arts and Crafts Once a term we set new individualised targets to monitor and review students’ progress in these areas. Students access the local community as a resource to develop social skills, and they also get to learn within areas of the College such as Sport and Visual Art. Additionally, we work in partnership with social workers and health professionals.

The course is personalised to each student using a multi-sensory impairment baseline assessment. Students will create a portfolio of evidence to support their skill building throughout the course.

No formal entry requirement.

Students who demonstrate continued progression in their individual targets can remain on the Explore course for up to three years, with a planned progression to Adult Social Care.