Boarding at Ashford

Boarding has been an integral part of the School since it was founded in 1898 and currently accounts for a third of the Senior School's population.

Travel

We are 37 minutes from London via the High Speed 1 rail link and also benefit from rapid access to Paris, Lyon, Brussels, Amsterdam, Cologne and Frankfurt on Eurostar. The London airports; Heathrow, Gatwick, City and Stansted, are all within easy reach via the nearby motorway network. With easy access to junctions 9 & 10 of the M20 as well as local train services to Hastings, Rye, Sturry, Canterbury, Maidstone, Tonbridge, Sevenoaks, Kings Hill, Dover and Folkestone, our central location and easy accessibility provides an ideally located school whether you live in the UK or anywhere across the globe.

Facilities

Boarders at Ashford enjoy extensive, recently renovated facilities and a wide range of activities. The girls' boarding accommodation is in Brabourne House, next to the indoor swimming pool, while accommodation for boys is in Brooke House and in Alfred House on the west side of the campus.

The majority of Sixth Formers have their own rooms with en-suite bathroom (basin, toilet and shower) whilst pupils in lower years share rooms with one or two other boarders of a similar age.

Each room is equipped with a bed, desk with drawers, wardrobe, bedside table, shelves and internet point for each pupil. A bedside lamp and lockable safe are also provided. Each House has its own common room, kitchenette, laundry room and computer suite, as well as a payphone which takes incoming calls.

Girls' Boarding

Brabourne House accommodates about 60 girls of all ages. It benefits from a kitchenette on two floors equipped with microwave, kettle, toaster, stove and fridge and the laundry room has several washing machines, two large driers and ironing facilities.

Boys' Boarding

Brooke House, a listed Georgian building, is home to around 40 boys and has accommodation over two buildings and three floors.

Facilities include two kitchenettes, a common room and a separate computer room on the ground floor. There are also several other quiet communal areas and places to rest in a fast moving school.

Alfred House accommodates for about 30 boys over two floors with a kitchenette and two common rooms with a recreational area and computers. Alfred House is near to one of the gyms, playing fields and floodlight all-weather pitch.