What is the usual class size at Ashford?
This very much depends on what stage of education your child is at. In the Prep School we hope to have classes of about 16 children but they are often much smaller and occasionally larger. The Prep School has a number of classroom assistants who work with individual pupils as required and assist the class teacher. In the Senior School it depends on what subjects the pupil is taking. With around 50 pupils in a year group in Years 7-9 you can expect 16-20 pupils in a class but it will vary according to the subject asd the set. In the main subjects up to GCSE, such as English or Science, you could expect some groups to be around 20-24 while other subjects might have only a handful of pupils. Generally, we try to arrange the groups so that those pupils who need closer attention will get it. At A level, group sizes vary from about 16 to a few as one or two: classes of 10-12 are common. In the Senior School we also have a learning support team who work with individual pupils in and outside t
