Ashby School is a thriving, high-performing school with a proud history and a strong reputation in the local community. Across our Nottingham Road and Leicester Road campuses, we provide an outstanding learning environment with excellent facilities, including specialist spaces for science, technology, the arts, sport, and a dedicated Sixth Form campus.

We are committed to helping every student achieve their potential through high-quality teaching, a broad and balanced curriculum, and exceptional pastoral care. Alongside strong academic outcomes, we offer a wide range of extracurricular opportunities that encourage students to develop confidence, resilience, responsibility, and respect.

Our supportive staff community, excellent facilities, and commitment to student success make Ashby School an inspiring place to learn and work.

Our values:

We provide opportunities so that our students can:

Experience that Anything is possible

Believe Anything is possible

Embody Anything is possible

We do that by:

Providing a curriculum that makes students want to attend, engage and achieve, being the best they can be;

Recruiting and retaining skilled professionals who enthuse and inspire. We have expert teachers who value continual development, work collaboratively as a team and are prepared to go the extra mile;

Removing barriers for learning or social injustice, by creating an inclusive approach based on compassion, knowledge and the understanding of needs and context;

Embedding character development by showing respect, accepting responsibility and building resilience, as well as creating a school community that is based on kindness and empathy;

Promoting a spirit that is courageous and celebrates positive behaviours and creative innovation – in school, in the community and for life.

At Ashby School we want our students to have a happy and successful learning experience. Exploring and developing learners is at the core of all we do and conversations about Teaching and Learning are at the heart of the school.

We recognise that students learn best in a positive, supportive and consistent environment. Well prepared and stimulating lessons encourage good attendance, positive behaviour and enable students to make progress and strive to achieve their potential. A teacher must plan, facilitate learning and be a good classroom manager. Guidelines are included in the Ashby Teaching Expectations document.

Our teachers are committed to continue learning to ensure the best classroom practice. We are proud to lead the way. Our aim is for all students to achieve their full potential and to leave feeling genuinely empowered to learn.

Monitoring and Evaluation

We are interested in each other’s classrooms and have an open door policy where we share experience, practice and support. Our Senior Leadership Team is present and involved within the classrooms. Lesson visits and learning walks are often themed in order to focus areas.

Observations are unannounced and provide opportunities to monitor and evaluate the learners and teaching. The teaching and learning team is valued and provides constant support to explore and develop practice.

Support

It is important that all teachers at Ashby make progress at whatever level they are at. We provide comprehensive support for our newly qualified staff and also continue to explore and develop practice through our Lead Practitioner Team. This can involve observing, planning and team teaching.

We have also established a group of lead teachers to challenge practice in order to access the highest level of teaching and learning and achieve their potential.

Ashby School is part of LiFE Multi Academy Trust.

"The LiFE Multi-Academy Trust offers an exciting environment that has a range of development opportunities to take on roles across the trust, to help develop your career. We are always looking for people who are enthusiastic and committed to support our ‘Life long learning’ ethos. If you like the sound of our Vision, Values and Ethos and would like a visit to one of our schools, please get in contact."