Ashford Preparatory School A GSG School
- Ashford Preparatory School
Great Chart
Ashford
Kent
TN23 3DJ - Head: Philippa Archer
- T 01233 620493
- F 01233 636579
- E [email protected]
- W www.ashfordschool.co.uk
- A mainstream independent school for pupils aged from 3 to 11 with a linked senior school
- Read about the best schools in Kent
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: Kent
- Pupils: 354
- Religion: Christian
- Fees: £13,530 - £20,460 pa
- Open days: Check school website
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Linked schools: Ashford School
What The Good Schools Guide says..
We’d already been prepped by parents about the two ‘lovely ladies on the front desk’ before our visit. ‘They know everyone’s name and couldn’t be more welcoming,’ one had gushed. They didn’t disappoint, and then – as if they’d had the nod to jump out from behind a curtain – a cluster of beautifully behaved children appeared in the large, modern reception area, with several instantly diving to the floor to help their classmate pick up some books and water bottle that she dropped. Academically, parents describe the school as ‘supportive’ and ‘encouraging’ – ‘you learn at your own pace’, though several felt...
What the school says...
Our aim is to promote self-reliance, responsibility, compassion and boldness and also to foster a sense of teamwork, the intellectual freedom to be creative, the confidence and enterprise to initiate and the resilience to cope with adversity. We achieve this and much more by being adventurous.
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Other features
All-through school (for example 3-18 years). - An all-through school covers junior and senior education. It may start at 3 or 4, or later, and continue through to 16 or 18. Some all-through schools set exams at 11 or 13 that pupils must pass to move on.
What The Good Schools Guide says
Head of the Prep School
Since September 2024, Philippa Archer, previously deputy head and head of boarding at Marlborough House School, where she introduced the Prep School Baccalaureate. She joined Marlborough House as head of learning support in 2014, working her way through a range of leadership roles. An alumna of Ashford School, she studied English lit and history of art and architecture at Reading, completing her teacher training at Canterbury Christchurch University. Married with two children, Thea and Harry.
Entrance
Increasingly selective – can afford to be with growing interest in the school, partly due to the 7,000 new houses being built in the area, although still welcomes relatively wide ability levels. Majority join in nursery (or even sooner in The Stables day care nursery on site or over at Bridge House day care on the...
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