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23/07/2010
Fascinating China
A party of 33 students, staff and parents have just returned from a highly successful study tour of the main cities of China.…
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11/07/2010
Champion Runner
Grace Nicholls continues her domination of long distance running…
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11/07/2010
Glorious Summer
The academic year closes with a magical performance of Alice in Wonderland…
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01/07/2010
Monumental Music Meeting
Hundreds enjoy making music together from scratch.…
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28/06/2010
Artists to Hang in Tokyo
Works by Michael Weland and Jenny Nelson have been chosen for an exhibition at the Ueno Royal Museum in Tokyo.…
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22/06/2010
Amnesty Group Scoops
Students awarded the prize for the Best Fundraising Event…
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22/06/2010
Ace Athletes
Athletes win at the District Sports and IAPS…
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21/06/2010
Sizzling Summer Singing
Students and staff show off their talent over sizzling beef.…
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10/06/2010
Leavers' Ball 2010
The Ashford School Year 13 Leavers' of 2010 held their Leavers' Ball at Westenhanger Castle last week.…
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08/06/2010
Lord Carey officially opens our new buildings
On Tuesday 8 June we held the official opening ceremony of the new buildings at Ashford Friars Prep School with dignitaries from across the country attending to celebrate the investment and commitment shown by the school, community and UCST.…
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07/06/2010
Parents praise school
Parents at the Senior School complete a satisfaction survey. Click here to read more and see the results.…
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25/05/2010
Ashford Pupils are TV Stars
French TV come to Ashford School to see how it's done.…
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21/05/2010
Dancing round the Maypole
Pupils from Ashford Friars Prep School have been learning about Folk Dancing and got the chance earlier this week to take part in a Maypole Dance. Click here to view the Maypole Dance video.…
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20/05/2010
Games Review of the Ashford School teams
It's been a busy few weeks in the PE department! With Granville League athletics and Kent netball tournaments, and even the staff v students netball match, there has been plenty of activity with the recent warm weather. Read here for more information on the matches that have been taking place with Ashford School.…
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19/05/2010
Athletics Success
The latest event in the ever popular Granville League has again shown Ashford above the rest. Winning the Granville League Athletics meeting the Under 15 boys from Ashford School beat rivals Kings School Rochester, St Lawrence College and Dover College. …
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12/05/2010
A taste of Ashford School
Yesterday's Year 5 Taster Day at the senior school was a resounding success! With around 47 children from junior schools around the county, the activity filled day proved a popular event and we look forward to repeating it again soon! …
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11/05/2010
James Fehr Memorial Recital
The James Fehr memorial recital took place in the Octagon earlier this week. Read more about the performance and see a video of one of the solo performances.…
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10/05/2010
Grace defends her county crown
In between studying for her upcoming exams, Ashford School athlete, Grace Nicholls successfully defended her county crown at the Kent County athletics Championships over the weekend. …
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07/05/2010
Conclusive Election Result
Senior School Mock Election results are in! …
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05/05/2010
UKMT at Tonbridge School
In the midst of GCSE practical’s and summer term tests, 4 pupils from the lower school (Jaz Stoddart, Ben Simpson, Folarin Ogunsola, and Matthew Jenkins) travelled to Tonbridge School last week to compete in the UK Maths Challenge. …
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04/05/2010
Madrigals from the rooftop
In a repeat of the successful serenade from 2009, and to further enhance their mantra of Adventurous Learning, the Chamber Choir at Ashford School sang in the sun with May Day Madrigals from the school rooftop on Tuesday morning. …
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03/05/2010
Squires Celebrate St George
Each year the 6 houses at Ashford School have a fundraising day for their house with the proceeds from the day going to the house’s chosen charities. Read more about Squires House Fete and see the video of the day.…
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28/04/2010
Prep School Ski Trip
Ashford Friars Prep School pupils and teachers have just returned from their annual ski trip to Axamer Lizum, Austria demonstrating a week of Adventurous Learning across Europe!…
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22/04/2010
High Sheriff rides into town
During the Easter holidays the Chairman of the School Council, Mr Peregrine Massey, was installed as the High Sheriff of Kent during a ceremony at his parish church in Woodchurch supported by the Ashford School chamber choir. …
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20/04/2010
Action in LA
The 2010 Easter holidays were something to remember with happiness for many pupils who were able to take part in one of the many trips that took place at the start of the break, heading for the sun of San Francisco or the snow of the ski slopes.…
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25/03/2010
A League Above the Others
This week's publication of the Financial Times list of top 1000 schools shows how successful Ashford School students are in achieving high grades in the subjects most valued by the leading universities. Click here to find out more...…
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24/03/2010
Food from the Farm
Year 9 were treated to a day out at Old Hall Farm in Romney Marsh earlier this week as part of their Food Studies course.…
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22/03/2010
Running circles round the rest
On Saturday 13th March 46 pupils from Ashford Friars Prep School competed in the Kent Primary Schools’ Cross Country event at the University of Kent in Canterbury with some spectacular results.…
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17/03/2010
A Slice of Drama
“A wink in his eye, a smirk to beguile, Sweeney held his trusted razor to the skies and let freely flow the blood of those who would moralise.”…
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16/03/2010
All Girls Rugby
In September 2009, Ashford School decided to create the first known all-girls contact rugby team for the school and last week the Red Team took a landslide victory ar the RFUW Emerging Schools Girls' Rugby Tournament, winning all of their 4 games played! …
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16/03/2010
Spring in the air
The Spring Concert at Ashford School last week was another impressive success for the independent school that is growing in popularity for musicians across the globe. …
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15/03/2010
European Youth Parliament Competition
EYP is an organisation which encourages young Europeans to take an active involvement in European and global issues. We sent a team of delegates to the South East Regional Debate to debate issues such as the role of the UK in Europe; climate change; Afghanistan and nuclear armament.…
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12/03/2010
Sovereign Conference
The lower sixth Latin set headed up to the buzzing surroundings of central London on Tuesday for some eye-opening teaching on Latin literature. …
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11/03/2010
Not quite letting go of winter...
Earlier this week, children in Year 2 came into school with not only their homework and reading books in their bags but also blocks of ice!…
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11/03/2010
Swimming to success!
Pupils from the Senior School and the Prep School took part in the Granville Swimming Gala hosted at Kings School Rochester last week competing against 4 of the 6 schools in the league including Gads Hill and Dover College.…
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10/03/2010
Jamie in the Land of Dinnersphere
On an evening in early March, 12 Year 10 GCSE pupils travelled to Hastings to take part in a One-Act Play competition for under 16s, presenting two plays which had been prepared for both the festival and a GCSE drama assessment. …
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08/03/2010
Teddy's everywhere!
Teddy Bears and toddlers were enchanted on Saturday afternoon with the fun and activities at the teddy bear's picnic held by the Nursery class at Ashford Friars Prep School.…
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