OA Club
The Association of former pupils of King's College is known as the Old Aluredian Club, (Alured being an ancient form of Alfred, the king after whom the school was named when the Reverend Nathaniel Woodard re-founded the college as King Alfred's School in 1880). Membership of the club includes access to the benefit fund which can extend help to club members in emergencies, and grants bursaries from time to time to sons or daughters of members.
The OA Club arranges regular dinners, receptions and sports events, and sends regular newsletters to members. It is an excellent way of remaining a part of the King's College community once a pupil has left. Membership subscriptions are payable by means of termly instalments throughout a pupil's time at the school, so that Life Membership is provided for when a pupil leaves the school, unless parents indicate in writing that they do not wish the subscription to be paid in this way.
Full details of the club and its activities can be obtained from the OA Club Secretary, Patrick Scanlan, c/o King's College. Email pjscanlan@kings-taunton.co.uk
Telephone: 01823 328160 / 01823 328238
Visit the OA Club website at www.aluredian.co.uk.
To view the latest OA Club newsletter click here.
For details and a booking form for the next OA event, click here.
King's College Business Network
The King’s College Business Network is a new initiative to help all members of the school community make the most of King’s connections. It will help recent leavers and young OAs with their career choices, as well as providing networking opportunities for those in established careers and advice for those looking to change careers. The King’s College Network is open to all members of the King’s community of pupils, recent leavers, OAs, parents and Friends.
Sixth formers at King’s will be put in touch with members of the Network to help them make choices regarding universities, courses and careers. As pupils leave King’s they will be asked to join the Network and give help to sixth form pupils making university and course choices.
While at University, OAs will have the opportunity to contact members of the Network for advice in their chosen career. Help received could range from advice, face-to-face meetings or work experience.
The Network is always open and available to any member of the King’s Community looking for careers information, networking and advice.
If you want to be part of the Network, to either give or receive advice, please contact Leisa Lavender, Director of Development, on 01823 328238.
Business Directory
OAs go on to pursue a huge variety of careers. Many have a strong entrepreneurial streak and start their own businesses. We are keen to promote our OAs’ businesses both to their fellow alumni and to the King’s community of parents and Friends. We would like to create an online business directory. To help us fulfil this aim, we ask you to complete this form and return to the OA Club Office. To do this, you can fill in the attachment on your computer, and return to us using our free postal address (can be found on the bottomg of the form).
Forthcoming events
Tuesday 27th March - Hong Kong Reunion
Kindly hosted in the offices of Victor Chu at 6pm. You can view and download the invitation for this event here.
Saturday 19th May - OA Tennis
The annual tennis fixture between the current King's 1st team and an OA team, hopefully we will be able to field both a mens and womens team this year. Please contact the office for more details.
Saturday 30th June - OA Day
On Saturday 30th June, King’s will be opening its doors and inviting all OAs to return to the school for a special OA Open Day which will include the opening of the new archives.
The day will include the opportunity to tour the school, view exhibitions of the pupils’ work, see pupils in action on the sports field, as well as enjoying a complimentary BBQ. You can view and download the invitation for this event here.
In the evening we are hoping to arrange a 60’s reunion dinner and we would be pleased to hear from all those who are interested so we can make arrangements.
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