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The Towers School and Sixth Form Centre is an academy school in Faversham Road, Kennington, Ashford, Kent. The school has around 1400 students, with a further 400 in sixth form. The current headteacher is Richard Billings; the first headteacher was Geoff Foster.The school has 4 learning communities named after notable Ashford residents: Barton, named after Elizabeth Barton,Furley, named after Sir John Furley,Harvey, named after William Harvey,Weil, named after Simone Weil. The school houses The Towers Retail Outlet and The LRC. It also houses Ashford Enterprise Centre, Learndirect and Pitman Training.