Ashby School

General Information

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School is open every day from 8am till 6pm. Student restaurant facilties are open every morning before school. Late night buses operate 3 nights a week for those students taking part in study support or clubs. There are always members of Staff on the school site until 6pm.

Regular information sessions are held for parents, options evenings for Year 9 students and Year 11 students re post 16 studies. Question and Answer sessions for parents for new Year 10 and Year 12 students. The year rooms are manned every night until 6pm for Parents to contact school when they get home from work. A directory of advice and support is also available. Connexions Service are available one night till 5.30pm for additional support. Parents are invited to attend Living with Teenagers - Riding the Storm, evening sessions at school.

School has excellent links with specialist services for students who need extra support. Integrated working with local Multi-Agency Forum which includes Police, Health, Childrens and Voluntary Services. School has access to Open Door Counsellors for extra emotional and wellbeing support.

Open facilities to the community to provide adult education. Extensive support to Primary School colleagues in Modern Foreign Languages. As a CISCO college we offer training in computer aided areas to colleagues from other Colleges and Schools.There is extensive use of the Sports Hall, Gym, Swimming Pool and Playing Fields by various community groups and local Junior Schools.

Open Door is a confidential counselling service funded by extended schools based at Ashby School. Open Door provides support for young people in coping with issues that affect school life, family relationships and their general health and well being. To find out more or make an appointment please talk to your Head of Year in confidence. Visit Open Door website

As part of the Extended Services offer of parenting support, Ashby Family of Schools now employ a Parent Support Adviser (PSA)

Our Parent Support Adviser is Michelle White who will provide a link between parents and schools. Michelle can offer early intervention, preventative support, guidance and advice to families whose children may be experiencing difficulties or other issues at school. Michelle will work with school in partnership with parents, carers and other agencies to improve the outcomes for individual children. If you feel that your family may benefit from the services of the Parent Support Adviser or you simply want to find out more information please contact your school.

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After School Language sessions very popular

Our after school language classes in Mandarin and Japanese have proved very popular with the students.

Primary School Links

We continue to develop our links with local Primary Schools. Recently extended services funded the purchase of Tri-Golf equipment for Primary School Children and we were proud to host a Tri-Golf Festival for our Primary Schools. Pictured below are some of the children taking part.

Community Christmas Concert a big success

Local Senior Citizens were treated to a musical spectacular at Ashby School. This was the first of its kind with Senior Citizens mingling with our students for coffee and mince pies after enjoying a great show

House Garden really taking shape.

Our new garden area with a raised bed planting area for each House is really looking good. Spring plants are in bloom, see pictures below.

Poet visits school

Our students had enjoyable sessions with our visiting Poet. Students took part in interactive sessions, a great fun way to learn about the art of Poetry.

Careers Choice Evening

This was a very successful event which enabled students and their families to access information on a wide range of career opportunities. Over 50 delegates from Local Companies, Uniformed and Military Services, Universities and Further Education Colleges attended this popular event.

X BIKES ARE VERY POPULAR

The X Bikes sessions in our fitness room have been a big success. One popular session is the Thursday after school fitness club which students join with staff to improve their fitness in an enjoyable session.

A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES

Our Music Dept held a joint concert with seven schools under the direction of Catherine Mathews at Ivanhoe College. A fantastic evening with a full house and a credit to everyone involved.

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