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Pre-Prep stepped into a magical toy shop this week during a Perform workshop 🧸 Through movement, storytelling and role-play, toys came to life at midnight and creativity ran wild. Truly toytastic! #WeAreAshfold  #LearningThroughPlay  #PrePrepMagic

Form 4 have been exploring life in the Amazon rainforest, learning about the Yanomami people and creating model shabono villages 🌿 A brilliant way to explore community, culture and sustainability through hands-on learning. #WeAreAshfold  #CuriosityInAction  #SustainableLearning

Thank you to  @TeddiesSport for a brilliant Netball Masterclass today for our Middle girls with Trish Kilczynski!

Well done to our Senior girls today in their Netball matches today, a new fixture at Westbrook Hay!

Our U9 girls enjoyed their Netball matches today, thank you for hosting  @Swanbourne_ 🌧️

Huge congratulations to Archie and Jack on winning the regional qualifying round of the IAPS National Debating Competition 👏 We are incredibly proud of their achievement and can’t wait to cheer them on at the National Finals! #WeAreAshfold  #DebatingSuccess  #FutureThinkers

Well done to our Senior girls in their Netball matches today v Bloxham. An extra day of match play before we travel to Westbrook Hay on Wednesday!

PP1 travelled to South Africa for their second Passport Day 🌍 From making (and tasting!) koeksisters to animal-inspired PE, safari stories, clay creations and fantastic costumes, the children enjoyed a day packed with culture, creativity and curiosity. #WeAreAshfold

Huge congratulations to Xavi, who has done it again and been awarded another Academic Scholarship - this time to d’Overbroecks in Oxford. A fantastic result and a very well-deserved success! #WeAreAshfold  #AcademicExcellence  #Scholarships   #PrepSchoolSuccess

Our Juniors had a brilliant time at their Friday night disco this weekend - a fantastic way to end the week together! #WeAreAshfold  #iloveboarding❤️  #PrepSchoolFun  #JuniorSchool  #FridayNightFun

The first Hoot Newsletter of 2026 is here! Don’t miss all the highlights from an exciting start-of-term! Read it here:  ashfoldschool.co.uk/3230/the… #WeAreAshfold  #HootNews  #StartOfTerm  #SchoolLife  #PrepSchoolLife  #IndependentSchool

Pyjamas on, teddies in hand and a bed on the Oval 🛏️ Creative Writing Day brought bedtime-story magic to Ashfold as pupils explored the theme 'Threads', weaving character, setting and plot in preparation for the ISEB Creative Writing Competition. #WeAreAshfold   #YoungWriters

Huge congratulations to Xavi W on being awarded an Academic Scholarship to Wychwood School, Oxford. Xavi impressed from the outset with his thoughtful responses, confidence and determination throughout the scholarship assessments. #WeAreAshfold   #AcademicScholarship

Thank you  @TeddiesSport for an amazing Netball  Masterclasss today with Patricia Kilczynski for our Senior girls!

Step right up! 🎪 Form 3 enjoyed a Circus Skills Workshop to bring their creative writing topic to life — gathering sensory detail through juggling, diablo, balance work and brave unicycling attempts. A brilliant way to inspire imaginative writing this term. #WeAreAshfold

Great to see the children back at Ashfold, full of enthusiasm for learning! Pre-Prep 1 have been exploring simple programming using BeeBots — measuring steps, calculating distances, and learning about quarter turns (“turn 90”). 🐝➡️📐 #WeAreAshfold  #PrePrep  #STEM  #EarlyCoding

It’s been a busy day at Ashfold, with staff back in school preparing for the start of term and it’s been fantastic to meet our new members of the team. Welcome to John, our new Groundsman, James, our IT Manager, and our new gappies, Liv Jones and Simon Brown! #WeAreAshfold