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Fireworks Are Back With A Bang!

19th October 2021

The legendary King Alfred School Fireworks event is back thanks to our Parent/Staff who’ve been working tirelessly to pull it all together. When: 4-7pm on Saturday 13th November 2021 This great…

Meet The Teachers: New Upper School Teachers

18th October 2021

We’ve got new staff in the Upper School so if you see them around, say ‘hi’. Here’s a bit about them: Name: Hannah Sheath Role at KAS: Mathematics teacher, 6-8…

Focus On Photography

18th October 2021

Photography is a popular choice both at GCSE and A level here at KAS and you regularly see students out and about round the site honing their skills under the…

TEDxKingAlfredSchool Talks Are Live

6th October 2021

The TEDxKingAlfredSchool event has become a highlight of the school calendar and, despite being delayed from February, the September 2021 event didn’t disappoint. Fourteen speakers took to The Phoenix Theatre…

The OA Author Who Learnt To Love Books At KAS

5th October 2021

Once students leave The King Alfred School, they go on to careers in every field imaginable. Recently our Old Alfredians office have been welcoming alumnae back to Manor Wood to…

New Sixth Form Centre Opened by Old Alfredian

30th September 2021

On Friday 24th September we celebrated the addition of a stunning new building to the Manor Wood campus. The new Sixth Form Centre was officially opened by Old Alfredian Ian Lush…

The Return of TEDxKingAlfredSchool (finally!)

21st September 2021

On Sunday 19th September the third TEDxKingAlfredSchool finally took place. Originally scheduled for January 2021 it had been postponed twice due to the pandemic. It was with great joy and…

Meet the teachers: New Deputy Head

20th September 2021

There are a few new faces around school this year so we’ve tracked them down to find out a bit more about them. First up it’s new Deputy Head, Al…

Online safety advice for parents

9th September 2021

Our Designated Safeguarding Lead, Tracy Preston has written to parents with a helpful guide to online safety. With information on the most used apps, what we teach as part of…

Head’s Blog –
The truth behind ‘inflated’ exam grades

23rd August 2021

You can listen to Head, Robert Lobatto talk about this year’s exam results in this vlog or the same content is available as a blog immediately below. Making sense of…

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