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Head: Mr Mike Buchanan  Estates Manager: Mrs J Vicary  Admissions: Mrs Rachael Cox - Registrar

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Ashford School is an independent day and boarding school providing co-education from 3 months to 18 years. Set over 2 spacious, green campuses in the picturesque county of Kent, we are a five-minute walk from the International Eurostar station in Ashford, with easy access to London (Victoria, Charing Cross, Waterloo and London Bridge – King’s Cross in 2009), Paris, Brussels and other European capitals. Gatwick is a one-hour journey, and Heathrow and Stansted are 90 minutes away via the nearby motorway network.

About the School
Ashford School is suited to you and your child for many reasons: high achievement at A-level leading to the best UK universities; close attention to the needs of the individual; an orderly, challenging and supportive environment; a wide range of co-curricular activities; and energetic, specialist teachers supported by extensive resources and inventive leadership. Specialising in those subjects that leading universities value most highly, our tradition of excellence and achievement goes hand-in-hand with our ability to develop self-reliance, compassion and boldness in your child. Of profound importance to us are the relationships that we nurture with you and your child, the freedom for children to be creative, the enterprise to initiate and the resilience to cope with adversity.

Facilities
Facilities enabling your child to achieve the best include indoor swimming pools, an Astroturf for hockey, football, netball and tennis, all-weather netball, basketball and tennis courts, gyms, specialist art, design technology, ICT and science labs, a well-stocked learning centre, a student café, a dining hall, pupil common rooms, playing fields and playgrounds for cricket, football and rugby, an auditorium and theatre, and a music school with several performance areas.

Boarding
Around 120 boarders from around the world make their home here. Our boarding houses are located within grounds of over 25 acres and accommodate boys and girls from 10 to 18 years. Students benefit from shared rooms for two or three children, or individual study-bedrooms with en-suite bathrooms for older pupils. With no lessons on Saturdays, there is plenty of time to make use of School facilities and weekly boarders can participate fully. Full boarders benefit from a weekend activity programme, which includes visits to London and Canterbury and they learn to live and work together, developing deep and lasting friendships along the way.

Adventurous learning
Our focus is to ensure that every child enjoys an unending craving for learning and discovers themselves by having the opportunity to explore, to know, to do, to share and to be.

School details

Age range: 3 - 18

Day pupils: 279 boys and 418 girls

Annual day fees: £5,640 - £13,104

Weekly boarding pupils: 7 girls

Annual weekly boarding fees: £21,099 - £21,594

Full boarding pupils: 118 girls

Annual full boarding fees: £23,226 - £24,336

This school offers flexi-boarding.

TOTAL PUPILS: 279 boys and 543 girls, including 50 boys and 86 girls in the 6th form

Staff numbers: 40 full time and 19 part time

Method of entry: Assessment, Entry test or exam, Interview, Report from previous school, Scholarship exam, Visit school, Taster days

Accreditations and affiliations: GSA, IAPS, SHMIS, AGBIS

Religious affiliation: Non-denominational

Teaching languages: English

School facilities
Academic Languages Sport Activities Music Miscellaneous
  • Business studies
  • Classics
  • Design technology
  • Drama/Theatre
  • Economics
  • Painting/Sculpture
  • Philosophy/Ethics
  • Photography
  • Psychology
  • Chinese
  • English as a foreign or 2nd language
  • German
  • Greek
  • Italian
  • Latin
  • Mandarin
  • Spanish
  • Archery
  • Badminton
  • Basketball
  • Cricket
  • Cross-country
  • Fencing
  • Golf
  • Gymnastics
  • Hockey
  • Lacrosse
  • Netball
  • Rugby
  • Squash
  • Swimming
  • Tennis
  • Ballet
  • Cycling
  • Dance
  • Drama productions
  • Duke of Edinburgh Award
  • Outdoor pursuits/Adventure trg
  • Public speaking/Debating
  • Riding
  • Band/Orchestra
  • Brass
  • Choir
  • Guitar
  • Jazz
  • Keyboard
  • Organ
  • Singing
  • Strings
  • After school club
  • Before school/Breakfast club
  • Particular diets
  • Rail/Airport services
  • School bus service
  • Significant experience of diplomatic corps' children
  • Significant experience of expatriates' children
  • Significant experience of gifted children
  • Significant experience of international students
  • Significant experience of services' children
Scholarships

The school offers: Other bursaries, Clergy/Ministers, Drama, Academic, Armed forces, Art, Junior school entry, Siblings, Music, Financial need, Senior school entry, All-rounder, 6th Form, Sport

Curriculum, exams and 6th form

Exam boards: Edexcel Foundation, AQA, OCR

  % pass rate at grades A* to C (exams at age 16): 92%
  % pass rate (exams at age 18): 100%
22 courses are offered for age 18 exams
100% of pupils went on to Higher Education or took a Gap Year

Special needs

This school provides for individual pupils with these needs:
Dyslexia or Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLD)

School location

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