Juliette had been a pupil at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School in Faversham for seven years and was characterised by headteacher Amelia McIlroy as "incredibly kind, thoughtful and intelligent. This follows confirmation from a third school, Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys, that one of its Year 13 students has been hospitalised with meningitis. Simon Langton Grammar joins Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School and Norton Knatchbull School in Ashford in confirming cases. At the University of Kent, students were notified on Sunday of a confirmed meningitis death, with hundreds queuing for antibiotics during the outbreak. A statement from Norton Knatchbull School confirmed that a Year 13 student had been admitted to hospital with a confirmed case of meningitis.

Source: Daily Mirror March 17, 2026 08:13 UTC