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| Established | 1964 |
| Headteacher | Mr R Vasey |
| Specialism | Technology College |
| Location | Sutton Road Kirkby-in-Ashfield Nottinghamshire NG17 8HP England |
| LEA | Nottinghamshire |
| Ofsted number | 122827 |
| Students | 2496 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11 to 19 |
| Houses | Byron, Chesterfield, Coates, Hargreaves, Trent and Thoroton |
| Colours | Yellow (Byron), Green (Chesterfield), Red (Coates), Purple (Hargreaves), Blue (Trent) and Gold (Thoroton) |
| Website | http://www.ashfield.notts.sch.uk/ |
| Coordinates: 53°06′36″N 1°16′13″W / 53.11011°N 1.27032°W | |
Ashfield Comprehensive School is a school located in Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England, which educates children ages 11–19.
Ashfield currently has approximately 2,500 students, split into 6 houses names Trent, Chesterfield, Thoroton, Byron, Hargreaves and Coates. Houses contain students from all years except those from the sixth form.
September 2007 saw the opening of a brand new multi-million pound post-16 centre offering A-level courses as well as Vocational Studies. The current head teacher is Mr Richard(Dick)Vasey. Ashfield had recently been chosen for a training ground for the 2012 Olympics.
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History
Built in 1964 as Nottinghamshire's first purpose built comprehensive school, Ashfield School has serviced its community for over forty years, and now offers some of the finest resources of any school in the country within our own self-contained 40 acre rural campus. Our excellent facilities include numerous state of the art computer suites, an IT Centre, modern on site sports facilities including four gymnasiums, tennis courts, all weather sports fields, running track and a swimming pool, a Dance Studio and Fitness Suite. Other resources include Music Studios, a tiered Theatre and Drama Complex, Photographic Darkroom, Print Making and Ceramics Studios, fifteen science Laboratories, a Business Centre, a CAD/CAM Centre, Library and Specialist Careers Library, as well as a large cantine (called the ATE Centre).
Ashfield Skills Centre
The Ashfield Skills Centre is a £6.1 million project which will deliver 5 discrete, but philosophically linked, learning environments. The centre includes:
8 Vocational Units: All these units will be equipped to industry standard specification and will mimic an industrial or commercial context. Course content and delivery will be provided by industrial and commercial training providers in Textiles, Business, Child Care, Health & Beauty and ICT.
3 Industrial Units: Stand alone industrial units which will deliver "hard" vocational courses to include construction, plumbing, automotive, electrical, catering and hospitality courses delivered by industrial training providers RAC, Carillion and Charnwood.
Extra curricular
The PE and Music departments organise numerous extra curricular activities. Speak with the teachers who work in these departments for more information or read the information on the walls in the PE department for more information.
There is a math's club known as "sum-it up club" for year 7's
There is Book club in the library at lunchtimes
Christian union meet in drama studio 1 on a Thursday lunchtime.
On certain nights (varies for each student), there are after school (compulsory) lessons for years 10 and 11. These lesson are called twilight sessions. The lessons you can chose for a twilight session range from beauty to engineering.
External links
- Ashfield School official website
- Ashfield Comprehensive School profile provided by the BBC
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