Ashfield School

General information

Ashfield Comprehensive School educates children ages 11–19 and currently has around 2,600 students. These are split into 6 houses - Trent, Chesterfield, Thoroton, Byron, Hargreaves and Coates.

September 2007 saw the opening of a brand new multi-million pound post-16 centre offering A-level courses as well as Vocational Studies.

Currently the largest school in the UK, Ashfield was chosen as a training ground for the 2012 Olympics due to its well-equipped sport facilities.

Built in 1964 as Nottinghamshire's first purpose built comprehensive school, Ashfield School now has a self-contained 40-acre (160,000 m2) rural campus. Facilities include numerous computer suites, an IT Centre, modern on site sports facilities including four gymnasiums, tennis courts, all weather sports fields, running track and a swimming pool and the ATE centre.

Other resources 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 Specialist Careers Library, as well as a large canteen (called the ATE Centre).

POST 16:

The Ashfield Skills Centre is a £6.1 million project which offers five learning environments. The centre includes:

- 8 Vocational Units: equipped to industry standard specification, offering students a realistic and practical insight into the workplace. Course content is delivered by industrial and commercial training providers in Textiles, Business, Child Care, Health & Beauty and ICT.

- 3 Industrial Units: Stand alone industrial units which deliver vocational courses including construction, plumbing, automotive, electrical, catering and hospitality, delivered by industrial training providers RAC, Carillion and Charnwood.