Curriculum

Academic Studies

An academic school, Ashford follows a traditional curriculum that ensures breadth and depth across the school.

We provide students with a broad curriculum promoting their moral, mental, cultural and physical development. Our focus is depth and quality within each subject or area. By specialising in subjects that leading universities value most highly our students go on to the top universities in the UK and overseas.

As a guide over the past 3 years, nearly 90% of Year 13 obtained places at their first choice university, 60% of which were Russell Group and 10% Oxbridge.

Click here to download the GCSE option booklet for 2009-2010.

Subject Strengths

The school regularly has musical performances and concerts to encourage the students' skills and confidence in performing and with pupils able to study fine art, photography or textiles at A-level, our outstanding results in Art mean around 30% of our pupils take art courses at university.

The wide range of sport available through the curricular and co-curricular activities available at the school means that our pupils have represented county and country in many sporting events, including tennis, showjumping, fencing, athletics and karate. There have also been notable successes in film, stage, drama, county youth choirs and orchestras.

Learning Support

Expert learning support teachers and classroom assistants are available to work with individual pupils as required with parents close involvement.

At Ashford we pride ourselves on the fact that each pupil is known and knows that they are known.

Our well developed system of pastoral care means that each pupil has a personal tutor and is a member of a house. Academic and personal progress is monitored regularly and parents have easy access to staff to discuss their childs' progress.