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KAStonbury 2025: “A glorious celebration of our community”

18th July 2025

Who needs Worthy Farm? This year’s summer fair at The King Alfred School – or ‘KAStonbury’, as it’s known – was a great success, featuring fun, food and excellent entertainment!…

Year 7 find inspiration at Kew Gardens

13th June 2025

Year 7 made the most of the summer sunshine on a recent trip to Kew Gardens. They were there, in part, to get inspiration for their current Exploration enquiry, ‘How…

TEDx Talk triumphs for students, staff & parents

11th June 2025

“TEDx isn’t just an opportunity to speak, it’s an opportunity to make connections.” The fifth iteration of TEDxKingAlfredSchool saw 15 speakers take to the stage in the school’s Main Hall…

Celebrating Art in Lower School

9th June 2025

“We all worked hard and transformed it into something you’d never really have imagined that we could do.” Hugo, Year 4 Magical things often happen in the Lower School Hall,…

Students shine in “West End worthy” show

9th June 2025

The KAS community was blown away by this term’s Middle School show, which was hailed as “sensational”, “sheer joy” and “magical from start to finish”. Over 60 students from Years…

KAS celebrates a successful ISI inspection

19th May 2025

The whole KAS community is today celebrating our latest inspection report, which has just been published. Inspectors from the Independent School Inspectorate (ISI) praised the school for helping students become…

Spotlight on: Modern Foreign Languages

13th May 2025

The vibrant Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) department at The King Alfred School allows students to learn French and Spanish. In the spirit of the school’s philosophy, our MFL provision also…

An emotional farewell to our Year 11s

2nd May 2025

Happy tears were shed at our annual Year 11 Leavers’ Breakfast, as students, parents and staff gathered to mark the start of GCSE study leave. Form tutors shared words of…

Creativity brings cultures together

23rd April 2025

Displaced young people visited The King Alfred School over the course of eight weeks for a project that saw the sharing of cultures, cuisines and creativity. KAS students collaborated with…

Parents marvel at end-of-term exhibition: “A clear love of learning”

18th April 2025

Two fantastic student exhibitions took place at the end of Spring Term, with Years 7 & 8 proudly showing off the culmination of a term’s work. Year 7 Parents were…

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