Ashford School is a coeducationalindependentboarding and day school in East Hill, Ashford, Kent. There are 480 students in the senior school (ages 11 to 18) and 360 in the prep school (ages 3 to 11).
The school was founded in 1898 by Muriel Thimann, who opened a small women's school on Queens Road, Ashford. The school moved to Wellesley Road in 1903 and then to two houses in the High Street in 1905 for larger premises.[3] In 1910, Anne Edwards bought the school and renamed it "the Modern High School for Girls". The school expanded into another, adjacent house in the High Street and then moved to bigger premises on East Hill in 1913. In 2005, it merged with Friars Prep School in Great Chart and in 2006, boys were admitted in some year groups. Ashford School is now a fully co-educational school from the age of 3 to 18 offering boarding and day facilities. Mike Buchanan was first appointed the headmaster of Ashford School in February 2005.
Space shuttle experimentedit
In 1992, a science experiment designed by four girls at the school flew on the Space Shuttle on flight STS-47.[4] The experiment had been designed in 1985 by the girls who had won a competition organised by Independent Television News. The chemical garden experiment was successful but the Liesegang rings failed to operate correctly due to friction in parts of the mechanism. On their return, they were displayed in the London Science Museum. The seven-year delay had been caused by the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster which occurred in 1986 shortly before the intended flight.[5]
Ashford School International Centreedit
The Ashford School International Centre (ASIC) opened in September 2015. This section of the school has been designed to meet the needs of non-native English speaking pupils.
ASIC is an 18th-century Grade II listed building which has undergone a multimillion-pound refurbishment, providing classrooms alongside boarding rooms. International pupils complete IGCSE there before joining the rest of the school.
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This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages The neutrality of this article is disputed Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page Please do not remove this message until conditions to do so are met February 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article contains content that is written like an advertisement Please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view February 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message Learn how and when to remove this template message Ashford School is a coeducational independent boarding and day school in East Hill Ashford Kent There are 480 students in the senior school ages 11 to 18 and 360 in the prep school ages 3 to 11 Ashford SchoolAddressEast HillAshford Kent TN24 8PBUKInformationTypeIndependent day and boardingMottoEsse Quam Videri to be rather than to seem to be Religious affiliation s Church of EnglandEstablished1898HeadteacherMichael Hall September 2018Tom Wilding Senior School 2007 GenderMixedAge3 months to 18Enrolment1000HousesFranklins Knights Merchants Pilgrims Squires YeomenWebsitehttp www ashfordschool co uk The school is owned and run by the United Church Schools Trust 1 and is a member of the Headmasters and Headmistresses Conference HMC 2 Michael Hall has been headmaster since September 2018 Ashford school groundsContents 1 History 2 Space shuttle experiment 3 Ashford School International Centre 4 Notable alumni 5 Heads of Ashford School 6 References 7 External linksHistory editThe school was founded in 1898 by Muriel Thimann who opened a small women s school on Queens Road Ashford The school moved to Wellesley Road in 1903 and then to two houses in the High Street in 1905 for larger premises 3 In 1910 Anne Edwards bought the school and renamed it the Modern High School for Girls The school expanded into another adjacent house in the High Street and then moved to bigger premises on East Hill in 1913 In 2005 it merged with Friars Prep School in Great Chart and in 2006 boys were admitted in some year groups Ashford School is now a fully co educational school from the age of 3 to 18 offering boarding and day facilities Mike Buchanan was first appointed the headmaster of Ashford School in February 2005 Space shuttle experiment editIn 1992 a science experiment designed by four girls at the school flew on the Space Shuttle on flight STS 47 4 The experiment had been designed in 1985 by the girls who had won a competition organised by Independent Television News The chemical garden experiment was successful but the Liesegang rings failed to operate correctly due to friction in parts of the mechanism On their return they were displayed in the London Science Museum The seven year delay had been caused by the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster which occurred in 1986 shortly before the intended flight 5 Ashford School International Centre editThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Ashford School news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Ashford School International Centre ASIC opened in September 2015 This section of the school has been designed to meet the needs of non native English speaking pupils ASIC is an 18th century Grade II listed building which has undergone a multimillion pound refurbishment providing classrooms alongside boarding rooms International pupils complete IGCSE there before joining the rest of the school Notable alumni editThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Ashford School news newspapers books scholar JSTOR September 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message Petronella Barker born 1942 actress Liv Boeree model TV presenter and poker player Sally Brampton journalist writer and magazine editor Louise Burfitt Dons writer and campaigner Lucy Cooke National Geographic explorer documentary producer presenter author and zoologist Wendy Cope poet Jane Druker Editor at Large Fit amp Well and contributor to Woman amp Home Sophie Montagne adventurer inspirational speaker member of the Ice Maiden Expedition Sally Preisig voice over artist and puppeteer Tweenies Playdays Diana Speed Radio 4 newsreader Anna Turley former Labour MP and Chairwoman of the Co operative Party since 8 June 2019 Fleur Willson Deputy Ambassador British Embassy TripoliHeads of Ashford School editThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Ashford School news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message Muriel Thimann 1898 1910 Anne Edwards 1910 1928 Lilian Brake 1928 1955 Mary Nightingale 1955 1971 Sanche Thompson 1972 1984 Tatiana Macaire 1984 1992 Patrica Metham 1992 1997 Jane Burnett 1997 2000 Paula Holloway 2000 2005 Michael Buchanan 2005 2018 Michael Hall 2018 Present 6 References edit United Church Schools Trust website Archived May 14 2008 at the Wayback Machine The Headmasters and Headmistresses Conference History permanent dead link Space shuttle mission STS 47 Press kit NASA Retrieved 27 September 2010 Late bloom for crystal garden The New Scientist 2 January 1993 Retrieved 27 September 2010 Meet our Staff Ashford School Archived from the original on 30 June 2022 Retrieved 10 February 2023 External links editSchool website Stats from www bbc co uk Ofsted 51 08 59 N 0 52 42 E 51 14972 N 0 87833 E 51 14972 0 87833 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ashford School amp oldid 1182165447, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
