News Archive
King’s rowing goes from strength to strength
Category: News, SportsA very successful day at the Maidstone Head last weekend illustrated the strength of King’s rowing within the region. Over the 2500 metre course there were four divisions raced, with the start of the day throwing up some very challenging conditions! The senior boys quad, Freddie Allinson (6a, SH), Wills Edgar (6b, GL), Kevin Kahol de Jong (6a, MR) and More »
Planning permission granted!
Category: NewsThe King’s School is delighted to announce that planning permission has been granted for the £28m development of its Malthouse site on St Stephen’s Road. The 3.5acre site will accommodate a 350-seat Performing Arts Centre in the converted Malthouse building and a brand new residential International College for pupils aged 14-16 years. The scheme is More »
6a Art History trip to Paris
Category: NewsThe 6a Art Historians travelled to Paris on Ash Wednesday to view French Art from the nineteenth century. Ruby Bansal (6a, LX) snapped students in front of Delacroix’s Liberty Leading the People in the Louvre, and later in the musée d’Orsay, it was possible to compare and contrast Manet’s Olympia and Le déjeuner sur l’herbe in More »
A creative evening
Category: NewsOn the last day of February, Dr Alex Preston, Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Kent, spoke to King’s pupils about his literary career in the beautiful Maugham Library. Tracing a trajectory from expellee at the age of 17 to bestselling novelist and critic, he described miserable years in the City before fatherhood called, drawing More »
A grand performance
Category: Events, News, The ArtsThe school was treated to a recital from Oxana Shevchenko, the award winning Russian pianist. Performing as part of the weekend’s piano festival, the concert on the new Steinway piano was truly a treat to end a brilliant weekend of keyboard based activities. Following the success of the performers in the intermediate and senior piano competitions, the new Concert Grand More »
Sport: Lent Term Week 8
Category: News, SportsSports Results Lent Term Week 8 Further information including fixtures, teams and events can be found via the new Sports Website. More »
