Tag: The King Alfred School North London
Our Sixth Form ranks in the top 3% for A level progress
The King Alfred School is celebrating their academic achievement following the publication of national exam data by the Department for Education (DfE) last month. The figures show that KAS has secured an impressive value-added (VA) score of +0.47 at A level. This result, also known as a student progress score, places the school among the top 3% of schools in the country.
A level value-added scores measure the progress students make from their GCSE starting points compared to peers with similar prior attainment nationally. The metric offers a powerful indicator of how effectively a school supports and challenges its students. The DfE figures include almost all state and independent schools across England, giving a robust national comparison.
Year 7 get creative with specialist workshops
Our Year 7 students enjoyed two days of creative workshops in the spring sunshine. While Art, Computing and Design Technology are all interwoven into students’ timetables as part of the Explorations programme, these day-long workshops gave students the time and opportunity to really get to grips with the equipment, ideas and techniques involved in these…
Children’s Mental Health Week at KAS
To mark Children’s Mental Health Week (3-9 February), our pastoral care team devised a special events programme, sharing helpful advice on maintaining good mental health, highlighting emotional coping strategies, and encouraging students to support one another. Well-being activites Year 7 and 8 students were able to select from a menu of activities designed to promote…
