Category: Upper School – King Alfred School
Meet The Teachers – The English Department
What makes King Alfred School so special? Ask any of our students and they’ll say ‘the teachers’ – so we thought we’d peek behind the curtain and find out a…
Autumn team-building days
As students move into new year groups, the Autumn term is traditionally a time when we take Year groups off site. This year we’re not able to provide residential camps…
Poetry please: National Poetry Day
World Poetry Day came around again on October 1st which the school marked with our annual poetry competition in the Upper School. This year’s theme was ‘Vision’ and we were…
New Sixth Form Centre on track for Spring opening
The new Sixth Form Centre is on track to be completed before the end of this school year – great news for the current Y13 students who will get to…
Drawing with light – Y10 photography
“Year 10 photographers have continued in their exploration of camera-less photography with a session on photograms. These light drawings go right back to the origins of photography and are simply…
New faces in the Upper School
This term we’ve welcomed two new members of teaching staff to the Upper School. Lauren Weston joins us as Director of Sport (with some big Edo-shaped shoes to fill!) and…
Head’s Blog –
‘The Terror’ of exam-driven assessment
As part of the Rethinking Assessment group, our Head, Robert, is helping to drive conversations around GCSE reform. Rethinking Assessment is a group of state, independent and special schools, business…
The Village Reimagined
The Village has become a rite of passage for Y8 students. Normally taking place in the Summer term students live on site at the school for a week in huts…
Head’s Blog – Thoughts on the 2020 exam fiasco
The last week has been very challenging for students, families and schools throughout the country. How did we get into this mess and what lessons can we learn for the…
GCSE students shine with excellent results
In these most unusual of times, King Alfred School Year 11 students today celebrated their excellent GCSE results which were a real tribute to their hard work over many years….
