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UAL students’ powerful final performance: justice, friendship & suffering
The teaching team behind our UAL Level 3 Extended Diploma in Performing and Production Arts would like to offer a huge congratulations to our talented Year 13 students on their outstanding final production, The Welkin. This powerful and challenging piece marked the culmination of their two-year Sixth Form course, and we couldn’t be prouder of…
Walking through history, stepping into nature: Summer Explorations at KAS
This Summer Term, students in Years 7 and 8 tackled two very different – but equally important – questions in their termly Explorations projects: Year 7: “How should we commemorate events that we are not proud of?” Year 8: “Why are green spaces important in London?” Explorations are term-long, cross-curricular projects for Years 6–8, designed…
Year 7’s week of fun: learning beyond the classroom!
Students in Year 7 embraced a briefly suspended timetable during Summer Term to enjoy Activities Week – an eagerly anticipated highlight of the school calendar. With Years 11–13 on exam leave, Year 10 away on European language trips, Year 9 at camp, and Year 8 participating in The Village Project, Activities Week gives Year 7…
KAStonbury 2025: “A glorious celebration of our community”
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! The KAS community pulled out all the stops to make this year’s event extra special. Activity stations included face painting, a nail station, a bookstall…
Year 7 find inspiration at Kew Gardens
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 can we redesign the Middle School Common Room?’ Students spent half of the day exploring Kew’s glorious grounds. Highlights included The Hive, a 17-metre installation…
TEDx Talk triumphs for students, staff & parents
“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 to share their thoughts and ideas. The event is an opportunity for participants to push themselves out of their comfort zones, giving five-minute talks from…
Celebrating Art in Lower School
“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, but this half term got off to a particularly strong start with an exhibition of artwork and ceramics by students from Years 2 to 6….
Students shine in “West End worthy” show
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 7 to 9 participated in a two-night run of Sister Act Jr. at the Arts Depot. It was staged with the help of our UAL…
KAS celebrates a successful ISI inspection
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 “confident, self-aware young people” who feel “empowered to express themselves freely”. As the report states: “Pupils gain the knowledge to thrive at school and beyond.”…
Spotlight on: Modern Foreign Languages
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 offers many opportunities for deeper learning and personal development. French is taught from Reception (ages 4-5), and language lessons continue to be core to the…
