Ash Green School

Ash Green School and Arts College

Mottoes	Impossible Is Nothing
Type	Academy
Headteacher	Mr Andrew Clay
Specialism	Arts College
Location	Ash Green Lane Coventry West Midlands CV7 9AH England
Local authority	Warwickshire
DfE URN	125765
Ofsted	Reports
Staff	60
Students	680
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	11–16 (Post-16 provision is proposed)
Website	www.ashgreenschool.co.uk

Ash Green School is a academy school situated in Ash Green in northern Warwickshire, England for pupils aged 11 to 16 years. Its catchment area includes Ash Green, those parts of Bedworth that lie south of the former mineral railway line (i.e. Exhall, Bedworth Heath, Market End and Goodyers End), Keresley Newlands, Corley and Fillongley. The school has been awarded specialist status as an Arts College, and received Arts Council England's Artsmark Gold award in 2007/08.

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 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 some remarkable recent transformations, not least in the stellar performance in public examinations, best exemplified by the 2010 outcomes. In 2005, Mrs Lesley King was appointed as Executive Headteacher and with Mr Graham Tyrer as Acting Headteacher, the school was set on a path of rapid turnaround. By 2007, Graham Tyrer was the substantive Headteacher and the school had made significant improvements in behaviour and attitudes, as well as better exam results. Graham Tyrer moved to another school in 2008, with Mr Andrew Clay stepping in after a term of Acting Headship by substantive Deputy Headteacher, Mr Michael Rennie. Andrew Clay has successfully taken the school through further rapid improvement, not least with the current proposal to extend the school to offer Post-16 provision and the conversion Academy status. Ash gReen School will become Ash Green Academy and will form a partnership with the Creative Media Trust and their family of Schools.

Ash Green School became Ash Green School & Arts College in 2007, successfully bidding to become a Specialist School for the Arts. The school has gone on to thrive and standards have risen to all-time highs. Named the 4th most improved school in England based on the 2009 exams performances (the first most improved outside of London), the school has pushed on and achieved a 100% pass rate for 5 A*-C grades, any subject, mirroring performance levels in Independent and selective schools. 5 A*-C including English and Maths was a record 67%. Given that the 2004 scores were 12% and 20%, the rise is clearly impressive. The Capped Average Points Score placed the school in the 1st percentile, nationally. CVA rose to 1040.1, which is in the 2nd percentile, nationally, rising from 924.0 in 2004, the 99th percentile, nationally. The recent 2010 Ofsted Inspection is now available. The School is satisfactory overall but with all other main judgements being good. Leadership and Management and Capacity to Improve are both graded as Good. This judgement was determined prior to the outstanding performance in the 2010 examinations.

The exams performance in 2011 demonstrated that the high standards were being sustained. Again, 100% of studnets achieved 5 A*-C, with 65% achieving 5 A*-C including English and Maths. This measure outperformed the School target by 16%; in 2010, the target was beaten by 17%. The Capped Average Points will again be in the top few percentiles, nationally. English scored a remarkable 75% C or better, Maths 69%.

External links

• Ash Green School official website