Latest News
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| 02 Jul 2008 | Ashby Students Break Charity Record
Generous students at Ashby School have raised almost £9,000 for charity since September.
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| 25 Jun 2008 | Sports Day is Back on Track Hundreds of students will be hoping for victory tomorrow (Thursday) when they take part in Ashby School's annual sports day.
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| 23 May 2008 | Reward Scheme for Students Hard-working, well-behaved students at Ashby School are to be issued with supermarket-style reward points.
Studen... |
| 14 May 2008 | Salon Students Make their Mark Four students who enrolled on a vocational course after difficulties in the classroom have wowed teachers – by picking up 20 distinctio... |
| 12 May 2008 | Drive to Unite All Students A drive to unite students from every Year group will be kickstarted by the school's newly-elected Head Boy and Head Girl, when they take ... |
| 09 May 2008 | Young Bikers Get Police Pointers on Staying Safe Young bike enthusiasts were given valuable advice on how to stay safe when they were visited by police motorcyclists.
Fifty stu... |
| 09 May 2008 | Study Leave Dates Study leave for students in Year 11, 12 and 13 begins on the following dates.
Year 12 - Study leave begins on Monday 12 May. Year... |
| 07 May 2008 | Awards for Exceptional Students Two boys who battled their way back to school in spite of life-threatening health problems shared a prize for their determination at Ash... |
| 30 Apr 2008 | Headteacher Takes the Plunge in Aquathon More than 140 students and teachers – including the Headteacher - signed up to take part in a gruelling charity aquathon at Ashby Schoo... |
| 23 Apr 2008 | It Could Be You Are you one of the 30 parents who dropped your child off at 8.45am this morning - making them late for registration?
This is the ... |
| 18 Apr 2008 | Chelsie is Model Finalist A modelling hopeful from Ashby School has reached the finals of the Miss Hinckley competition.
Chelsie Griffin,... |
| 16 Apr 2008 | Jessica Heads for the Mountains An Ashby School student is on a mission, after being chosen for an expedition to the base camp of Mount Everest.
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| 09 Apr 2008 | Youngsters Pitch in for Hyper Success Five students from Ashby School have shaped the future of their village by helping to secure more than £50,000 of facilities for young p... |
| 14 Mar 2008 | International Challenge is Creative - and Fishy Fish from Iceland and cake from Belarus helped to wow judges in a tutor group contest with an international twist.
All 60 tutor... |
| 13 Mar 2008 | Ashby School Needs YOU! Musicians, sports leaders and others are being asked to share their skills with children of all ages as part of Ashby's Extended Schools... |
| 10 Mar 2008 | Lessons of Holocaust Will be Learned in School Two students from Ashby School will spend a day at former concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland tomorrow (Tuesday).
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| 07 Mar 2008 | Rolls Royce Treatment for Ashby Students Ashby students were given VIP treatment during a visit to Rolls Royce at Derby.
The 28 Sixth Formers – who are all taking A lev... |
| 05 Mar 2008 | Two, Four, Six, Eight, Cheer Leading is Great Scores of students have signed up to form Ashby School's first cheer leading squad.
Cheer leading is usually as... |
| 05 Mar 2008 | Matt Gets Award for Courage A determined student who battled his way back to health after suffering devastating head injuries has been presented with a courage award... |
| 27 Feb 2008 | Diary of a French Trip Languages students have immortalised their exchange trip to France by keeping diaries.
In the diaries, students have described t... |
| 25 Feb 2008 | School House is Outstanding Ashby School's boarding house has been rated 'outstanding' by Ofsted.
Inspectors visiting School House found that it offered 'a... |
| 25 Feb 2008 | It's a World Away A hands-on introduction to the world of work - which included forensic crime-busting, army survival skills and sports massage - was a bre... |
| 22 Feb 2008 | New Club Gets Students Cooking Ashby School is encouraging students to learn the art of cookery – by launching its first after-school cookery club.
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| 20 Feb 2008 | Father and Son Go For Gold A former Ashby School student is to receive his Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award at St James's Palace - 29 years after his Dad collected the ... |
| 20 Feb 2008 | Parents Can Raise Internet Awareness Parents can learn more about the internet and the e-safety of their children by signing up for special awareness-raising sessions.
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| 08 Feb 2008 | Fantastic Free Food Friday Sixth Formers at Ashby School are being given a tasty incentive to socialise and snack together – by going along to Free Food Friday. |
| 01 Feb 2008 | James and the Giant Pet Rescue An Ashby student is caring for more than 90 unwanted pets – after agreeing to look after a homeless rabbit five years ago.
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| 30 Jan 2008 | World of Work is Not a World Away Lessons at Ashby School will include radio broadcasting, forensic crime-busting and how to give a pedicure – in a bid to introduce stud... |
| 23 Jan 2008 | GCSE Success Prized at Ashby Two prize-giving ceremonies to celebrate the achievements of Ashby School's highly successful GCSE students will be held later this month... |
| 23 Jan 2008 | A Sixth Form for the 21st Century Pupil power has forged the creation of a 21st century Sixth Form Centre at Ashby School.
The state-of-the-art Cen... |
| 21 Jan 2008 | Language of Success at Ashby Conference Ashby School will share the secrets of its success with teachers from across the East Midlands when it hosts a regional languages confere... |
| 18 Jan 2008 | Businesslike Students Brave the Dragons' Den Budding entrepreneurs from Ashby School impressed local business people when they pitched their investment ideas in a 'Dragons' Den'-styl... |
| 16 Jan 2008 | Sue Townsend Opens English Block Ashby School's flagship new English building was opened by celebrated Leicestershire author Sue Townsend.
Ms Town... |
| 11 Jan 2008 | Soap Far, Soap Good A leading soap manufacturer from Ashby has splashed out by helping students to make their own luxury soap.
Standard Soap – whic... |
| 11 Jan 2008 | Winning Harriet Takes to the Stage A young singer from Ashby School has won the chance to perform with the Birmingham Conservatoire Symphony Orchestra.
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| 09 Jan 2008 | 'Ambitious' Ashby is Investor Ashby School has been praised for refusing to 'rest on its laurels and driving towards increasingly ambitious levels of achievement'.... |
| 07 Jan 2008 | Certficates Ready for Collection Former Ashby School students are being urged to collect hundreds of unclaimed exam certificates before they are destroyed.
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| 07 Jan 2008 | Miss Preston Hopes to Become Miss Dance A rising star from Ashby School is hoping to dance her way to the top in 2008 – when she competes for the title of Miss Dance of Great ... |
| 04 Jan 2008 | Race to Victory for Shaun A young motorcyclist from Ashby School has won his first Formula 125 Championship.
Shaun Winfield, 14, of Boundary, crossed the l... |
| 04 Jan 2008 | Teacher Swaps Classroom for Mud Hut A former teacher from Ashby School is to spend two years training teachers in Ethiopia – and writing a blog so that students at Ashby c... |
| 19 Dec 2007 | Santa Drops in at Ashby School Santa will be dropping in to Ashby School on Tuesday (18 December) to join Sixth Formers at their 'Big Kids' Christmas Party'.
Th... |
| 07 Dec 2007 | Di Hangs Up Apron After 34 Years A cookery teacher who has been serving up tasty lessons at Ashby School for 34 years is to retire at Christmas.
Di Williamson has... |
| 28 Nov 2007 | Dance Craze Hits Ashby School A new street dance class at Ashby School is proving so popular that the school is running sessions three nights a week.
Teachers ... |
| 28 Nov 2007 | Good Sports Get Gold Good sports from Ashby School have been rewarded for more than 1,000 hours of voluntary work – at a special presentation evening at the... |
| 21 Nov 2007 | Enterprising Students Make Their Mark A clever device to re-use household energy has earned enterprising students from Ashby School a place in the East Midlands Regional Final... |
| 21 Nov 2007 | Girls Get a Sporting Chance Dame Kelly Holmes spent a day with two students from Ashby School, as part of a scheme to get more girls interested in sport and PE.
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| 21 Nov 2007 | Unforgettable Trip for Ashby Students Sixth Form students from Ashby School have spent an unforgettable week touring the historical and cultural landmarks of Japan.
Du... |
| 09 Nov 2007 | Big Breakfast for Best Attenders Free breakfasts are up for grabs at Ashby School for students with the best attendance records.
Each week, the tu... |
| 09 Nov 2007 | ParentPay Shop is Now Open Buying school items over the internet is now even easier - thanks to the launch of a new ParentPay Shop on the Ashby School website.... |
| 05 Nov 2007 | VIPs Go Back to School VIP visitors were given a taste of school life – when the Chairman of Leicestershire County Council popped in to Ashby School.
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| 05 Nov 2007 | All the Better to Win With, My Dear A twist in the traditional tale of 'Little Red Riding Hood' has earned an Ashby student an award in a national writing competition.
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| 31 Oct 2007 | Prince Edward meets students Prince Edward met nine students from Ashby School when he made a flying visit to Ashby.
The Prince was at Ivanhoe Community Colle... |
| 19 Oct 2007 | Sophie Jumps into Top Five A young horse rider from Ashby School beat competitors from around the world to finish in the top five in her category at the prestigious... |
| 19 Oct 2007 | Full Steam Ahead for Work Experience A student from Ashby School made such an impression while he was on work experience that he has been invited to go back – not once, but... |
| 17 Oct 2007 | Students Get Incentive Boost Disaffected students at Ashby School who agree to knuckle down and work harder in class will be rewarded with canoeing, rock climbing and... |
| 12 Oct 2007 | Just One Cornetto (Boys) Five students who formed their own boy band for a school talent contest are to stage their first proper gig – for charity.
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| 28 Sep 2007 | Reps Needed for School Council 'Have your say' - that is the message to students in Years 10, 11 and 12 who are being urged to sign up for the School Council.
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| 28 Sep 2007 | Students Join the Circus The circus came to town for one morning only when a group of travelling circus performers visited Ashby School to teach PE.
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| 24 Sep 2007 | Open Evening for Prospective Students An open evening for Year 9 students and their families will take place on Wednesday 3 October.
Prospective students will be able ... |
| 24 Sep 2007 | Students Queue for Chinese A new course in Mandarin Chinese has proved so popular with students at Ashby School that teachers have been forced to increase the class... |
| 19 Sep 2007 | Students Swap Vacation for Conservation Threatened plants and animals may be saved from destruction, as a result of research carried out by Ashby School students.
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| 19 Sep 2007 | Anthony Holds Moontrek for Mum A schoolboy whose mother died of cancer earlier this year has collected £2,000 in her memory.
Anthony Moon, 16, ... |
| 19 Sep 2007 | Rob Scores 100 Per Cent Model student Rob English represented Ashby School at a star-studded presentation evening hosted by Leicester City Football Club.
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| 19 Sep 2007 | Da Vinci Awards for Top Students The efforts of some of Ashby School's most gifted students have been recognised by teachers.
Four students were... |
| 14 Sep 2007 | Cycle Champ Sets Sights on Race Down Under A young cyclist from Ashby School has won the British Under 16 Cycle Speedway Championship.
Carl Jarvis, 15, of C... |
| 12 Sep 2007 | Ashby Makes Fitness Video for Primary Schools Sporty students at Ashby School have made their own fitness video to encourage local primary school children to do more exer... |
| 03 Sep 2007 | Royal Musician Tunes Up at Ashby Ashby School's newest music teacher is more accustomed to rubbing shoulders
with Royals than students after working as a trombonist... |
| 23 Aug 2007 | A Great Result for Ashby GCSE pass rates reached 99 per cent at Ashby School when students opened
their results.
Ninety nine per cent ... |
| 16 Aug 2007 | Six of the Best for Top Ashby Student Ashby School is celebrating its best A level results
ever topped
off by a record six A grade passes for H... |
