Ashburton Learning Village
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Ashburton Community School was a secondary
comprehensive
community school
located in the heart of the learning village. It is co-educational and has approximately 1200 pupils aged 11–16.
The school recently moved into the new building which was built on the site of the old 'A block' in April, 2006. The Headteacher of the school is Richard Warne. The community school is most of the three-storey building which includes modern, high-tech classrooms and science laboratories. A flexible hall, which can be used as a single space, with a stage and auditorium, or divided into two separate spaces, the stage as a fully functioning dance studio with sprung floor and wall mirrors and the hall with lighting rig, sound equipment and control room. An all-weather, floodlit sports pitch and multi-games area. A sports hall and extra gym and exercise areas, with changing rooms. Sound-proof music practice rooms and recording studio with all the latest technology.
Ashburton school has been known as one of the 'rough' schools in London in the past. This label has proved to be hard to shake off due to the mis-management of the school in the early 1990s.
Despite its reputation, the school is considered to have improved in leaps and bounds since Richard Warne appointment as headmaster in the late 1990s. Despite still producing under-average results on the whole, the school is improving at a fast rate and last year received a 49% pass rate in 5 levels A-C.
However now the school has now closed and become The Oasis Academy: Shirley Park with a new headteacher (Glen Denham
) and with a new uniform (opened in September 2009) with some very big rule changes and punishments if a child breaks these rules. Also the lesson times have change from 5 one hour lessons to 3 one hour and forty minute lessons. Plus years 10's and 11's have the option to stay back for an extra hour and forty minutes of intervention during their exam period, to help achieve their highest possible grades.
High school
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comprehensive
Comprehensive school
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community school
Community school
The term "community school" refers to types of publicly funded school in England, Wales, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand to a school that serves as both an educational institution and a centre of community life. A community school is both a place and a...
located in the heart of the learning village. It is co-educational and has approximately 1200 pupils aged 11–16.
The school recently moved into the new building which was built on the site of the old 'A block' in April, 2006. The Headteacher of the school is Richard Warne. The community school is most of the three-storey building which includes modern, high-tech classrooms and science laboratories. A flexible hall, which can be used as a single space, with a stage and auditorium, or divided into two separate spaces, the stage as a fully functioning dance studio with sprung floor and wall mirrors and the hall with lighting rig, sound equipment and control room. An all-weather, floodlit sports pitch and multi-games area. A sports hall and extra gym and exercise areas, with changing rooms. Sound-proof music practice rooms and recording studio with all the latest technology.
Ashburton school has been known as one of the 'rough' schools in London in the past. This label has proved to be hard to shake off due to the mis-management of the school in the early 1990s.
Despite its reputation, the school is considered to have improved in leaps and bounds since Richard Warne appointment as headmaster in the late 1990s. Despite still producing under-average results on the whole, the school is improving at a fast rate and last year received a 49% pass rate in 5 levels A-C.
However now the school has now closed and become The Oasis Academy: Shirley Park with a new headteacher (Glen Denham
Glen Denham
Glen Ivan Denham, Educated Corstophine Primary School, Macandrew Intermediate School, and Kings High School 1977 -1982 Otago University 1982 -...
) and with a new uniform (opened in September 2009) with some very big rule changes and punishments if a child breaks these rules. Also the lesson times have change from 5 one hour lessons to 3 one hour and forty minute lessons. Plus years 10's and 11's have the option to stay back for an extra hour and forty minutes of intervention during their exam period, to help achieve their highest possible grades.
Notable alumni
- Ibra SekajjaIbra SekajjaIbra Sekajja is an English-Ugandan professional footballer who plays for Crystal Palace as a striker.-Career:Born in Croydon, Surrey, he attended secondary school at Ashburton Community School from 2004 to 2009....
, footballer, 2004 - 2009 - Mamadou DialloMamadou DialloMamadou Diallo , also known as Big Mama, is a former Senegalese football striker.-European career:Diallo has played all over the world: United States, Senegal, Morocco, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, South Africa, Mali, Germany, Turkey, Sweden and Norway...
, footballer, 2007 - 2009 - Alex WynterAlex WynterAlex James Wynter is an English footballer currently playing for Crystal Palace.He made his debut for Palace as an injury time substitute in an FA Cup match against Sheffield Wednesday on 2 January 2010, at the time he was still in secondary school at Ashburton Community School, where he attended...
, footballer, 2005 - 2010 - Neal ArdleyNeal ArdleyNeal Christopher Ardley is an English former professional footballer who played either as a right-back or right midfielder...
, footballer - Sean ScannellSean ScannellSean Scannell is an Irish association football player who currently plays for Crystal Palace. He is primarily a striker but can also play on the right wing....
, footballer, 2002 - 2007 - Damian ScannellDamian ScannellDamian Scannell is an English footballer of Irish and Jamaican descent who currently plays for Dagenham & Redbridge having transferred from Southend United in June 2010...
, footballer, 1996 - 2001 - Dean LeacockDean LeacockDean Leacock is an English footballer of Barbadian descent. He currently plays for Championship side Derby County, primarily as a centre back, but he can also play as a right back or a defensive midfielder....
, footballer