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'''Ashford School''' is a [[coeducational|co-educational]] [[independent school|independent]] [[boarding school|boarding]] and day school in East Hill, [[Ashford, Kent|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 is owned and run by the [[United Church Schools Trust]]<ref>[http://www.ucstrust.org.uk/ United Church Schools Trust website] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080514014114/http://www.ucstrust.org.uk/ |date=May 14, 2008 }}</ref> and is a member of [[The Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference]] (HMC).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hmc.org.uk/|title=The Headmasters’ and Headmistresses’ Conference}}</ref> The current headteacherhead teacher is Mr Michael Hall, who has been Headmaster of Ashford School since September 2018.

Ashford School was recently ranked one of the UK's top 20 coeducationalco-educational, independent schools and was voted Independent School of the Year 2010. It was also a [[The Good Schools Guide|Good Schools Guide]] award winner in 2011 and at the Archant Good Schools Show it was voted one of the country's top five boarding schools.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thearchantgoodschoolsshow.co.uk/the-show/news/article/id/21|title=News - The winners of the first Archant Good Schools Show Awards announced - The Show - Good Schools Show|last=http://www.soak.co.uk/|access-date=2015-09-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081052/http://www.thearchantgoodschoolsshow.co.uk/the-show/news/article/id/21|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=dead}}</ref> The School was endorsed as outstandingly successful in every category during the most recent inspection by [[Independent Schools Inspectorate]] in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.isi.net/schools/6210/|title=Ashford School :: Independent Schools Inspectorate}}</ref>

In 1992 a science experiment designed by four girls at the school flew on the [[Space Shuttle]] on flight [[STS-47]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/37654768/STS47-Press-Kit|title= Space shuttle mission STS-47 - Press kit|publisher=NASA|access-date=2010-09-27}}</ref> The experiment had been designed in 1985 by the girls who had won a competition organisedorganized by [[Independent Television News]]. The [[chemical garden]] experiment was successful but the [[Liesegang rings]] failed to operate correctly due to a [[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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg13718541.900-late-bloom-for-crystal-garden-.html|title=Late bloom for crystal garden|work=The New Scientist|date=1993-01-02|access-date=2010-09-27}}</ref>

A. is a semiannualsemi-annual school magazine with sections including Poetry, Fiction, Art&Photography, Opinion and Debate. All content is contributed by Ashford School students.