Kent County Council described the situation in the rest of the county as unacceptable and said it was providing specialistsupport to schools that needed it.
It will still need, though, the support of other specialist observatories, operating at a range of different wavelengths, to study these far-distant locations in detail and make sense of them.
Although it found the "key strength of the management is in its considerable practical maritime experience" it also identified a need for more specialist maritime and commercial experience to support the future development of the harbours.