Ash Green School

Ash Green School is a coeducational secondary school and Sixth Form with an academy status located in the city of Coventry. It teaches approximately 1,100 boys and girls between the ages of 11 and 18 and manages to be one of the largest schools in Warwickshire.

Ash Green School ( Creative Education Trust)
Address
Ash Green Lane

Ash Green
,
Warwickshire[1]
,
CV7 9AH

England
Coordinates52°27′42″N 1°30′30″W
Information
TypeAcademy
Local authorityWarwickshire
Department for Education URN137781 Tables
OfstedReports
PrincipalMs. Umbar Sharif
Staff100
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 19
Enrolment1150
Websitehttp://www.ashgreenschool.org.uk

The school is located near the border of Coventry and Warwickshire, although Ash Green School currently sits on the Coventry side of the border, it is governed by Warwickshire as their local authority, and follows their school holiday timetable, for example.

Ash Green School's current Principal is Ms. Umbar Sharif, and The Sixth Form is lead by Mr. Walford.

History

Originally the site of a hospital during the 1920s, it was converted to a school some time after the Second World War. For a time during the 1980s, its name was changed to Exhall School (similar to Exhall Cedars infant school) following a merge with the comprehensive school at nearby Keresley. However, after several incidents of confusion with the nearby Exhall Grange School, Ash Green School reverted to its former name.

The school has undergone significant periods of improvement in terms of exams outcomes. In 2014 100% gained A* - E at A-Level and 73% 5 A* - C at GCSE with English and Maths.

In 2013 100% 5 A* - C at GCSE, 72% 5 A* - C at GCSE with English and Maths. In 2010, 2011 and 2012, all Year 11 students (100%) achieved at least 5 A* - C grades.

In 2010, 67% achieved these 5 including English and Maths. 65% achieved this outcome in 2011.

In January 2011 the school was ranked fourth in a list of the schools in England that had "shown the greatest sustained improvement in their GCSE attainment over the past four years."[2]

In 2011–2012, the school became an Academy as part of the Creative Education Trust.

In July 2012, the school was formally recognised as a provider for Post 16 education. The Sixth Form Centre opened in September, 2012 and accommodates students studying AS, A Level courses and BTEC courses.

In September 2016 principal Mr. Powell left Ash Green and was overtaken by Mr. Harry French, who had previously been the principal of Greenwood Academy since June 2013. He is well known for being the principal of the school during the broadcast of Our School 2. It ran from the 5th January 2016 to the 12th April 2016, after which the show was moved to a different school for Our School 3. Mr Harry French bought hope to the school following the major turnaround that followed at Greenwood Academy under his leadership.

Mr. French, along with vice principal Mr Bailey who joined with Mr. French from Greenwood, changed the schools systems, most notably from the detention and isolation (prison) punishment system to the behaviour pathway, which removes disruptive students from lesson, made afterschool detentions a communal study/homework session, and made reaching punishment much harder for the student. This helped combat the increasingly tough behaviour of students.

In June 2021 during the COVID epidemic Mr Harry french was replaced by Ms. Umbar Sharif, who reverted many of Mr. Frenches changes, such as the punishment system mentioned earlier.

After Ms. Umbar Sharif's appointment during the COVID epidemic over half a dozen staff proceeded to leave, most notably the entire computer science department, despite Mr. Morris's promise to remain head of computer science until 2022 (he wanted to follow a complete year of students from Year 7 in 2015 to Year 13 in 2022). The cause of this was on a per individual basis, and therefore unknown.

References
  1. The postal address is "Ash Green Academy, Ash Green Lane, COVENTRY" although the school is in Warwickshire
  2. "Secondary league tables: Most improved GCSE results". BBC News. 12 January 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2012.



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