In a remarkable achievement Max C (8W) has become the U12 World Champion of the FISTF Sports Table Football World Cup in Royal Tunbridge Wells, the town where the game began. There were 36 elite players in his category from various countries, and Max played the final against the Italian #1 as his opponent. [...]

Year 2 have been learning about habitats and finding out why living things live in different places, how they have adapted to their habitat and how plants and animals depend on each other. As well as visiting the Alps, pupils learned about and built an aquatic, forest, grassland, desert or polar/tundra habitat as a [...]

This week marked the age-old tradition of the House Conkers Competition at the Prep School. This year saw the addition of stings with house colours. The atmosphere was electric as the pupils took turns, swinging their conkers at each other in hopes of being crowned the ultimate conker champion! Our oldest images of the [...]

Sixth Form Politics pupils visited two major UK institutions on Monday. First was the Houses of Parliament, which started with a tour then a workshop on creating election manifestos. Although the House of Commons was out of bounds for refurbishment, the pupils had a Q&A session with Rochester MP Lauryn Edwards, with the first [...]

Four RAF cadets; Alex, Ben, Sage and Angelika, soared to new heights on Sunday, 29th September, as they embarked on a thrilling gliding adventure at RAF Kenley. Each cadet enjoyed two exhilarating flights, experiencing the thrill of soaring through the skies, and getting the opportunity to take control of the glider. Unfortunately the unpredictable [...]

L6 Psychology pupils have been learning different concepts in a variety of unusual ways. In a lesson about correlations they tested a theory that the amount of saliva that is produced during a lemon test is correlated to a person’s personality type by counting how many licks they can do on a piece paper [...]

In Science, Year 3 have been learning about rocks and soils. This week we created edible soil profiles to show the different layers that soil is made up of. It was a lot of fun ... and tasty too!

King’s were delighted to host another exciting Orchestra Day this year, welcoming over 70 young musicians from seven schools for a day of music-making with a spooky twist. Pupils aged 9-13 from Ashford, Sevenoaks Prep, Lorenden Prep, Merton Court, Dartford Primary Academy, Gateway Primary School, and Wrotham Road Primary joined forces to learn and [...]

Year 3 enjoyed making replica Roman coins on our trip to the Roman Museum last week. This week in Art, we have been experimenting with charcoal and using blending and shading techniques to draw Roman coins. We have really impressed ourselves!

Talented Thomas in Year 3 loves art and has impressed his teachers with his art skills. Last Friday, Thomas and William had the opportunity to visit the art classrooms and work alongside Sixth Former Bobby to produce some clay art of their own. A great opportunity for Pre-Prep and Senior pupils to work together. [...]

Year 2 have been very busy both inside and outside the classroom.  2MR embarked on a scavenger hunt to find many different items outside for Green Day. They particularly enjoyed identifying the rosemary in the herb garden! Year 2 have also been playing shops and can now use all the different type of coins when [...]

In Pre-Prep, the School Council for the year has been elected. Congratulations to Maya (3G), Isaiah (3J), in Wilf (2K), Jiya (2MR), Ean (1BP) and Sapphire (1O). They have already got to work choosing the charity for the year which will be Kent Air Ambulance. They are very excited to represent the ideas put forward [...]

It has been a busy week for boys’ football in the Prep school with our U13, U11 and U9 teams all competing at tournaments. The U13As travelled to New Beacon School on Saturday for The John Norman, 7-a-side competition. The squad performed well, losing only one game in the group stages and progressing to [...]

The Years 7 and 8 House Swimming Competition took place on Monday. The competition was extremely close. Storrs won by only 2 points above Crick, while Whiston and Parker drew with 73 points each. It was a fantastic afternoon for everyone involved.

In Preparatory School one of the best things about starting in Year 4 is finding out who your Year 8 buddy is going to be! Every Year 4 pupil is paired with a Year 8 buddy and introductions are made in the first week of term during form time. Last week there was a [...]

Fact: Cristiano Ronaldo, Kevin De Bruyne, Lucy Bronze and many other football players are multilingual. Fact: The field of competitive sports requires people to be multilingual, but not just athletes: physiotherapists, player care specialists, finance advisors, marketing employees, grounds maintenance staff, nutritionists, agents or coaches and managers are expected to speak foreign languages. To mark [...]

Upper Sixth Form Historians visited the Imperial War Museum and the Wiener Holocaust Library on Tuesday as part of their A Level studies. Workshops at both sites were offset by a tour of IWM's Holocaust Gallery. With enquiries focussing on the evolution of the Holocaust - complicity, collaboration and resistance - pupils collated evidence [...]

Senior musicians had a chance to experience one of this year’s BBC Proms concerts at the Royal Albert Hall earlier this month. The BBC National Orchestra of Wales performed a sparkling concert under the baton of Jaime Martín, and featured the talents of violinist Nemanja Radulović. The overture to the concert was composed by the [...]

Last week, we witnessed our school’s democracy in action with the Junior and Senior Hustings, culminating in a formal ballot station on Thursday. This event allowed pupils to exercise their democratic right to vote, an important responsibility that encourages thoughtful reflection on leadership and representation. The atmosphere was filled with energy as candidates presented their [...]

Pupils have been busy nominating which charities will benefit from fundraising activities throughout this school year. The new School Council for the Pre-Preparatory School chose Kent Air Ambulance, while 177 staff and pupils in the Senior School and 171 in the Preparatory School took part in a vote, each having the chance to cast three [...]

Pupils across the School wore green to celebrate the launch of an innovative Green Curriculum and King's wider focus on sustainability, reflected in successfully completing the requirements of the Eco Schools Green Flag Award. Throughout the day, assemblies, lessons, competitions and workshops focussed on the causes and impact of climate change. Pupils calculated their carbon [...]

In what was hopefully the first of many such occasions, some of our music scholars were treated to a series of workshops followed by an evening recital by international touring concert pianist, Ashley Fripp. The afternoon commenced with performances from four of our talented pianists: Bobby U6, Zara L5, Nic U5 and Alex L5. [...]

Did you know that there are more than 25 different home languages at King’s School? From Afrikaans to Mandarin, Italian to Panjabi, Polish to Welsh, … a number of pupils join our school as bilingual. How wonderful!  To mark European Day for Languages this year, Mrs Wiltshire and Mrs McCabe wanted to celebrate this [...]

We have been advised by the Council of their plans to make King Edward Road and Lockington Grove into a School Streets site. As part of this exercise, a School Crossing point near the entrance of Lockington Grove is being set up. We have continued to be concerned over recent years about the safety of [...]