| Established | 1567 |
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| Type | Voluntary controlled school |
| Specialisms | Technology, Languages |
| Location | Nottingham Road Ashby-de-la-Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1DT England |
| Local authority | Leicestershire |
| DfE number | ???/4508 |
| DfE URN | 120303 |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 1659 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 14–18 |
| Houses | 8 |
| Publication | The Ashbeian |
| Former name | Ashby Grammar School |
| Website | Ashby School |
Ashby School, formerly known as Ashby Grammar School, is a co-educational day and boys' boarding comprehensive school in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, England.
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It is now a dual specialist Technology College and Language College. It is situated in the centre of Ashby on two sites.
It was founded in 1567. The girls' grammar school opened in 1901. They boys' and girls' grammar schools amalgamated in 1972.
Ashby School is based on three main sites (A, B and C blocks), based on adjacent roads. The school has spent considerable funds on the construction of a new science block, new rooms in the design department, and more recently, a new block built to accommodate music, art, media studies and English. Construction of the new sixth form centre has recently been completed, there is now a social area, a canteen area and an area for relaxing and talking to friends which is referred to as the "airport lounge". The state-of-the-art Centre, costing £740,000, includes wireless computer facilities and a Sixth Form dining area.
The school has eight houses: Ashe, Bullen, Crewe, Erdington, Ferrers, Gylby, Hastings, Loudoun.[1] Each house chooses a charity for the year for which it raises money. They also take part in sports days and inter-house competitions, such as website creation, newsletters, quizzes, art displays. In 2009 two new 'superhouses' were formed, Ashe and Gylby, which joined in the race for the House Cup in 2009/2010. With the two new houses in the running , the competition for the House Cup is going to be much more intense. The House Champions for 2010/2011 were Hastings.
Ashe
Ashe's house colour is silver H/M Mr. B Clarke
Bullen
Bullen's house colour is yellow. H/M Mr. E Cooper
Crewe
Crewe's house colour is orange. H/M Miss. J Long
Erdington
Erdington's house colour is red. H/M Mr. L Shepherd
Ferrers
Ferrers house colour is blue. H/M Mrs. H Tookey
Gylby
Gylby's house colour is pink. H/M Mrs. N Raphael
Hastings
Hastings house colour is green. H/M Mr. D Kelly
Loudoun
Loudoun's house colour is purple. H/M Mr P Hayes
Key
H/M = House Manager
The school adheres to the Ofsted national school grading system and received satisfactory (ranking 2/4) as an average for all areas assessed.[2] The highest rating areas were responsibility of governors, workplace skill development and student well-being where a score of outstanding (rank 1/4) was attained. Academically, the school is average or above the national average in all subjects except GCSE Science, Citizenship, A2 Chemistry & A2 Mathematics.
'Da Vinci' is the school's current gifted and talented system. The 'Tip Tops' is a group primary pupils in years 5 and 6 from local primary schools in the Ashby area. They attend after-school sessions in which they are tutored in advanced mathematics, literacy, film studies, science, art, and philosophy by gifted and talented students from Ashby School. The Ashby School's gifted and talented programme was rated three stars by the National Association for Gifted Children in 2010.[3] In November 2011 a Russian cosmonaut involved in the planning of the manned mission to Mars visited the school and gave a lecture to the 'G&T'.
Alumni are known as Old Ashbiens.