About the school

The King Alfred School is situated on two beautiful sites next to Hampstead Heath. Both sites have plenty of green space and many mature trees from the original woodland. Our Reception and Year 1 classrooms, Design Technology and Phoenix Theatre are on the Ivy Wood site, whilst our other facilities and all classrooms for Year 2 through to the Sixth Form are located at our main Manor Wood site.

School facilities include; two school halls; Design Technology workshops accessible to students from Reception through to Sixth Form; state of the art science labs; a professional theatre; music and drama suite, music practice rooms, video editing suite and Music Technology room; dark room; blacksmithing forge; light-filled art studios; gym; fitness studio; two astroturf pitches; Lower and Upper School libraries and ICT labs, a new Sixth Form centre and dedicated innovative space for Years 6-8 and classrooms for all subjects in Upper School.

The school has over 670 students, from age 4 to 18. Most children will join at Reception and continue into Sixth Form. KAS is divided into Lower School (Reception to Year 6) and Upper School (Year 7 to Sixth Form), and includes an educational programme that unites Years 6-8 in an enquirybased curriculum alongside their in year subjectbased learning. Age groups are encouraged to mix, with buddies in different year groups in Lower School, Upper School students helping out in Lower School, and so enrich each other’s lives.

A high teacher to student ration enables our committed and professional staff to provide a rich variety of activities. Teachers strive to provide a broader and more generous education, while still leading to successful preparation for GCSE and A levels.

All students are involved in a wide range of enrichment activities and there is a variety of afterschool clubs available for all ages.

SCHOOL GOVERNANCE

The King Alfred School Society (the Society) is the company and registered charity that owns and operates The King Alfred School. Council, the school’s governing body, elected from the Society membership, oversees the running of the Society and the school.

Council has the ultimate legal responsibility for the Society and the school, and operates in three capacities simultaneously. Its members are company directors, charity trustees and also school governors, with all of the responsibilities that these three roles entail.

Council operates through a series of committees, each of which covers a specific area of responsibility.

Anyone who is a member of the Society can stand for Council. Elections are held every year in February at the Society’s AGM. Council members come from a wide variety of backgrounds and have many different skills.