Ashton Park School

Ashton Park School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in the Bower Ashton area of Bristol, England.

Ashton Park School
School entrance
Address
Blackmoor's Lane, Bower Ashton Bristol , BS3 2JL England
Coordinates	51.44029°N 2.630167°W / 51.44029; -2.630167
Information
Type	Academy
Established	1955 (1955)
Local authority	Bristol City Council
Trust	Excalibur Multi Academy Trust
Department for Education URN	145398 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Headteacher	Richard Uffendell
Gender	Coeducational
Age	11 to 18
Enrolment	1203 (Data from January 2016)
Capacity	1155 (Data from January 2016)
Website	www.ashtonpark.net

History

The school opened on 8 September 1955 as Ashton Park Secondary Modern School, built in the grounds of Ashton Court.

Students come from primary schools including Ashton Gate, Hotwells, Southville, Compass Point, Hillcrest Primary School and Luckwell Primary. The school has a sixth form centre which has some of the freedoms of college, but the support of a school, intended to prepare students for the next stage in their life. The school was formerly a specialist Sports College. Ashton Park has many extracurricular clubs for a wide variety of team sports, performing arts and sciences.

Previously a foundation school administered by Bristol City Council, in July 2018 Ashton Park School converted to academy status. The school is now a member of Excalibur Multi Academy Trust.

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 (but not in the outlying blocks), CCTV, a recording studio for music students and specialist art classrooms and science labs. There is also a new canteen as well as the old one with a biometric system, so no money is exchanged at the counter.

Academic achievement

The table below shows the school's Progress 8 score.

2016
-0.6

Ashton Park Sixth Form

The Sixth Form Centre is located just behind Ashton Park Secondary School its main intake is students from Ashton Park School, along with students from 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
• Yann Thomas, rugby union player

External links

• Official website