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Head: Mrs Dawn Moore Bursar: Mr Alan Dinham Admissions: Linda Fraser - Registrar

23 November 2010 - Prospective Sixth Form Evening 30 June 2011 - Open Day

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King Alfred School was founded in 1898 by local parents who wanted an alternative to what was on offer in the educational world of North London. KAS has retained some of the characteristics of its founding years: it is co-ed; it is all-age; it covers a wide range of abilities; it is uncommitted on religious and political matters and it is by modern standards small - though much larger than when it was founded. There are about 620 on roll: some 300 in the Lower School and 320 in Middle and Upper Schools. KAS offers at 16+ some 15 subjects, including Photography and PE, CDT, Music, Music Technology and Theatre Studies and Philosophy and both standard and less usual subjects at A level. The overall staff ratio is under 9 pupils to one teacher.

In the last few years, the Design and Technology area has been expanded: Special Studies in Middle and Upper Schools re-housed in a brand new building: renovation to all 6 laboratories completed: two further phases of the re-building of Lower School completed: computing/IT expanded and re-housed, and building of a new Art, Music and Drama Suite is now complete. The School has expanded on to its Ivy Wood site providing additional facilities which includes a theatre and a new CDT Building.

The staff at The King Alfred School is unusually committed and relations between teacher and pupil are excellent. The focus of the school is very much on that relationship. It is a school which genuinely tries to practise what is implied by the cliche word 'caring'. In consequence the general atmosphere of the school is unusually friendly and welcoming to adults and children alike. There is no school uniform; and all are on first name terms. The school is effectively parent-owned (via membership of the King Alfred School Society) and the governing body is composed almost entirely of current parents.

Alumni - Old Alfredian Society, c/o Peter Palliser, King Alfred School, North End Road, NW11 7HY.

Age range: 4 - 18

Day pupils: 260 boys and 260 girls

Annual day fees: £11,010 - £13,260

This school does not offer flexi-boarding.

TOTAL PUPILS: 260 boys and 260 girls, including 40 boys and 40 girls in the 6th form

Staff numbers: 90 full time and 20 part time

Method of entry: Early registration or registration at birth, GCSE results, Interview, Taster days

Accreditations and affiliations: ISA Independent, AGBIS

Religious affiliation: Non-denominational

Teaching languages: English

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Academic	Languages	Sport	Activities	Music	Miscellaneous
Business studies Drama/Theatre Government/Politics ICT Media/Film studies Philosophy/Ethics Photography	English English as foreign/2nd language French Latin Mandarin Spanish	Badminton Basketball Cricket Fitness training Football Gymnastics Hockey Rounders Squash Swimming Table tennis Tennis	Chess Dance Drama productions Duke of Edinburgh Award Sailing Yoga	Band/Orchestra Brass Choir Guitar Jazz Keyboard Percussion Singing Strings Woodwind	Experience of gifted children Particular diets

The school offers: 6th Form, Other bursaries

Curriculum, exams and 6th form

Exam boards: Edexcel Foundation, AQA, OCR, WJEC, Cambridge Pre-U

% pass rate at grades A* to C (exams at age 16): 97%
% pass rate (exams at age 18): 100%
19 courses are offered for age 18 exams

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

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