Ashfield School, Kirkby-in-Ashfield

at , Kirkby in Ashfield , NG17 8HP United Kingdom

1. High School

Description

Ashfield School is a secondary school with academy status located in Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England, which educates children ages 11-19.Ashfield has approximately 2,500 students, split into six houses - Trent, Chesterfield, Thoroton, Byron, Hargreaves and Coates. The six houses contain students from all year groups except those who are from the sixth form.September 2007 saw the opening of a multimillion-pound Post-16 Centre offering A-level courses as well as vocational studies. Ashfield School offers a sixth form provision in consortium with Kirkby College, Quarrydale Academy and Sutton Community Academy. The consortium offers an extended range of sixth form courses for students over the 4 school sites.The current head teacher of the school is Mr. Richard Vasey.Ashfield School was chosen as a training ground for the London 2012 Olympics due to its vast amount of sports facilities.HistoryBuilt in 1964 as Nottinghamshire's first purpose built comprehensive school, Ashfield School now has a self-contained 40acre rural campus. Facilities include computer suites, an ICT Centre, on-site sports facilities including four gymnasiums, tennis courts, all weather sports fields, running track and a swimming pool. For food, students can visit the on-site canteen named the Ashfield Top Eating (ATE) Centre. Other resources on-site 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 careers library.

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Ashfield School, Kirkby-in-Ashfield is Nottingham based place and this enity listed in High School category. NG17 8HP. Contact phone number of Ashfield School, Kirkby-in-Ashfield: 01623 455000