| Learning through Technology
The Ash Technology College is in an exciting phase of development
through its successful application for technology status.
This has enabled us to improve resources and to move forward
with an enhanced curriculum to enable our students to achieve
their maximum potential, harnessing modern technology with
a purposeful and focused approach to academic excellence.
The commitment is to create an environment to enable all
students to succeed within a broad and balanced curriculum
supported by modern technology. They will learn through technology,
developing skills and aptitudes across a range of subjects.
 The
staff at The Ash Technology College are dedicated to this
vision and work with students and parents to help each individual
to achieve. There is a careful monitoring system which is
being developed to cater for students of abilities involving
target-settings, differentiated learning activities and regular
reports to parents. There is also the opportunity for parents
to meet subject teachers to discuss students’ progress.
In this way, we believe that we can provide a high quality
learning experience for students ranging from those with exceptional
ability to those who require additional support.
We have a reward system that recognizes those who achieve
in terms of attendance, behaviour and attainment. This encourages
a sense of pride in the school and promotes a challenging
and yet supportive community. There are awards and certificates
which are highly prized. There are also annual Key Stage 3
and Key Stage 4 Award Evenings to recognize the academic success
of The Ash Technology College students.
Each year students are provided with a school planner containing
essential information to help them to record and plan their
homework each day. Your co-operation is vital in this and
forms part of the partnership between schools and parents.
The home school agreement that we ask all parents to sign,
sets out which each side may expect from the other.
Every student is placed within a tutor group on arrival at
The Ash Technology College. As far as  possible,
the form tutor and the year leader will remain with the tutor
group throughout its school life. This provides continuity
and reassurance for students as the form tutor will be a key
figure in their lives. The year leader provides both pastoral
and academic oversight of the year group and will usually
be the first point of contact with parents.
The pastoral teamwork with those in the year to create a
tight-knit and integrated group within the school community.
There are opportunities for students to demonstrate a sense
of strong personal values through team-building and fund raising
activites. Working in partnership with parents, we will guide
our students through some of the most challenging and exciting
periods of their personal and academic development.
Students at The Ash Technology College will be well-prepared
to become citizens of tomorrow, developing a sense of maturity
and responsibility. At The Ash Technology College a range
of opportunities support this.
| The School Council |
A group of elected
students meet to discuss different aspects of school life
and assist in decision making |
| Mentors |
Senior students are attached to
year 7 tutor groups. They support and advise the younger
students |
| Prefects |
Year 11 students who have shown
a real sense of responsibility undertake appointed duties
within the school |
| Charity fund -raising activites |
Students have raised money for
such causes as the British Legion Poppy Appeal, the Marie
Curie Foundation, Comic Relief, the Royal Marsden Cancer
Unit for Children, Mencap, Tsunami Disaster |
There is a wide range of experiences organized by different
curriculum areas. These contribute to making our students
mature and responsible citizens.
- Modern Foreign Language trips to Germany and France.
- Geography field trips.
- History visits to the Imperial War Museum and the Somme
Battlefield.
- Sports teams regularly competing to up to county level.
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Art trips to Amsterdam.
- Balloon debates
- Art Summer School
- Poetry workshops
- Tate Gallery visits
- Writers in Residence
- Theatre visits
- Leadership course for prefects.
 Throughout
their time at The Ash Technology College students are expected
to show an awareness of the needs of others. They are taught
to balance their rights against their responsibilities. This
is promoted in an insistence upon high standards of behaviour
at all times and a willingness to work collaboratively to
the greater good. Team-building activites in lessons and in
the extra-curricular programme form an essential part of this
development. A strong sense of self-discipline is encouraged
and this is required in the approach to academic work and
to social relationships with others.
School assemblies focus upon themes to encourage students
to consider religious, moral and social issues. Outside speakers
have been invited to address students in order to broaden
their experiences and to think about their relationship to
the wider community.
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