Ashton Park School

Ashton Park School

School entrance
Established	1955
Type	Secondary Foundation
Trust	South West Bristol Co-operative Learning Trust
Headteacher	Tessa Thomas
Location	Blackmoor's Lane Bower Ashton Bristol BS3 2JL England Coordinates: 51°26′25″N 2°37′49″W / 51.44029°N 2.630167°W / 51.44029; -2.630167
DfE number	801/4030
DfE URN	109278 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Capacity	1155 (Data from January 2015)
Students	1194 (Data from January 2015)
Gender	Mixed
Ages	11–18
Website	ashtonpark.net

Ashton Park School is a mixed gender secondary school with foundation status, located in the Bower Ashton area of Bristol, England.

History

The school opened on 8 September 1955 as Ashton Park Secondary Modern School, built in the grounds of Ashton Court. The intake of pupils was aimed at the district of Hotwells.

The current headteacher is Mrs Thomas, a new headteacher replacing Mr Gardner in September 2011.

Students come from primary schools including Ashton Gate, Hotwells, Southville, Compass Point, Hillcrest Primary School and Luckwell. The school has a sixth form centre which has the freedom of college, but the support of a school. This prepares students for the next stage in their life. The school is a specialist Sports College. This does not mean extra PE lessons. The school focuses on 'sport for everyone' which could mean simply table tennis for the less able, but the school also runs a 'Gifted and Talented' Sports regime where famous sports people have come in and given lessons such as Jason Gardener. Many extra curriculum clubs for a wide variety of team sports, dance and athletics.

Building

The 1950s teaching accommodation was demolished in 2009/2010 and replaced by a new 39 classroom teaching block which opened in September 2010. It is fitted with toilets on every floor, CCTV, recording studios for music studies and specialist art class rooms for sixth form students. There is also a new canteen as well as the old one with a new card swiping system, like a credit card, so no money is exchanged at the counter.

Performance

The GCSE and AS/A2 Level results have been increasing year on year for at least the past 6 years. In 2012, 44% of 168 students in Year 11 passed gaining 5 or more A* to C grades, including English and Maths.

Ashton Park Sixth Form

The Sixth Form Centre is located just behind Ashton Park Secondary School its main intake are students from Ashton Park School, Bedminster Down, Oasis Academy Brightstowe, Bridge Learning Campus and Merchants' Academy.

They offer a range of A Levels, Vocational A Levels, BTEC First Diplomas and NVQ Courses, as well as GCSE Mathematics and English retakes.

Notable former pupils

Andy Parfitt, Former controller of BBC Radio 1
Gareth Chilcott, rugby union player
Lloyd James, footballer

External links

Education in Bristol Including establishments with sites in the Bristol Local Authority

General	Education in Bristol List of schools in Bristol

Primary and junior schools	Bishop Road Primary School Bridge Learning Campus

Secondary schools	Ashton Park School Bedminster Down School Bridge Learning Campus Bristol Brunel Academy Bristol Cathedral Choir School Bristol Free School Bristol Metropolitan Academy The City Academy Bristol Colston's Girls' School Cotham School Fairfield High School Henbury School Merchants' Academy Oasis Academy Brightstowe Oasis Academy Brislington Oasis Academy John Williams Orchard School Bristol Redland Green School St Bede's Catholic College St Bernadette Catholic Secondary School St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School

Independent schools	Andalusia Academy Badminton School Bristol Grammar School Carmel Christian School Clifton College Clifton High School Colston's School Queen Elizabeth's Hospital Redland High School The Red Maids' School

Special schools	Bristol Gateway School Kingsweston School St Christopher's School

Former schools	Fairfield Grammar School St Ursula's School Merrywood Grammar School

Further education & sixth form colleges	City of Bristol College North Bristol Post 16 Centre St. Brendan's Sixth Form College South Gloucestershire and Stroud College

Universities	University of Bristol The University of Law University of the West of England

Other higher education centres	Bristol Old Vic Theatre School

Theological colleges	Trinity College Wesley College

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