Year: 2024
KAS students lead care home activities – with help from Harvard experts
Students from The King Alfred School recently worked with researchers from Harvard University to explore how helping others through acts of service might positively impact their own wellbeing, too. The project saw Year 11 pupils pay regular visits to a local care home for elderly people with memory impairment and dementia, where they delivered activities…
GCSE students shine at The King Alfred School
Year 11 students at The King Alfred School (KAS) could not contain their excitement today after achieving an impressive set of GCSE results. Well over half (55.4%) of grades earned were 7/A and above, with 94.3% of grades at 4/C and above. The top end results put KAS well over double the national figures and…
Students secure stellar set of A level results at The King Alfred School
Year 13 students at The King Alfred School (KAS) were celebrating today after their hard work earned them an excellent set of A Level results. With almost a quarter (24.7%) of all grades at A*, well over half (56.3%) of grades at A* – A and 91.3% of the grades at A* – C, today’s…
KAStonbury 2024
The rain did not keep KAStonbury away! KAStonbury 2024 returned after a fantastic KAS 125 celebration the year before. KASparents were brilliant in reorganising the locations of stalls and the stage in spite of the weather, allowing all to still have a great time enjoying a large range of activities, food, drinks and an extensive…
Adventure Journals Bring Learning to Life
When adventurer and author Teddy Keen came in to tell us about his book Journey to the Last River, it inspired Natalie and Shirley’s Year 3 class to create their own adventure journals. These books aren’t just beautiful objects – they also perfectly showcase the way subjects are brought together in an Enquiry topic at…
Year 10 Summer Term Camp
Towards the end of term, we had a fantastic time at Year 10 camp. We went to Mendip Activity Centre in north Somerset, which provided us with beautiful surroundings to sit back and relax after the hard work of Block exams. There was plenty for us to do when we arrived, with the lodge offering…
UAL Perform A Midsummer Night’s Dream
The UAL production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream set in the 1920s was a dazzling blend of Shakespearean magic and Roaring Twenties flair. The performance cleverly intertwined period-specific music, featuring jazz and swing, with silent film-style projections that added a whimsical charm. The use of film allowed for innovative scene transitions and dreamlike sequences. This…
Sports Day 2024
The King Alfred School Sports Day took place at the StoneX Stadium for the second year running. It was fantastic to take students from Years 6 – 10 to the stadium where they could participate in several events including the 4x100m relay, shotput, javelin, long jump and many more! The students were brilliant with supporting…
The Village 2024
As a persistent date in the calendar, The Village was back for another year at KAS. This year’s cohort had a brilliant week on site, living in the huts they had built in groups of 4-6 and choosing from a huge range of activities or just spending time as a community. They learnt fire safety,…
Photography Exhibition 2024
This year’s Photography exhibition was perhaps the most ambitious show we’ve staged, with both A level and GCSE on display along with a touch of Year 10 and 12 – around 75 of our student photographers had work on show. We deliberately curated the show to enhance the visual noise and impact of the work…
