Ashmole Academy
Ashmole Academy (formerly Ashmole School) is a comprehensive secondary school with academy status in Southgate in the London Borough of Barnet. Under the direction of the headteacher Balbinder Dhinsa, around 1,800 pupils (550 in the sixth form) are educated in ages 11–18. Pupils come from a wide range of minority ethnic heritages and a greater than usual number of pupils speak English as an additional language.
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• Name — Ashmole Academy • Established — 1958 • Type — Academy Comprehensive school • Head Label — Head Teacher • Head — Balbinder Dhinsa • Chair Label — Chair of Governors • Chair — Allison Walling • Address — Cecil Road • City — Southgate • County — London, England • Country — United Kingdom • Postal Code — N14 5RJ • Ofsted — yes • Urn — 136308 • Enrolment — 1,774 • Gender — Coeducational • Lower Age — 11 • Upper Age — 18 • Publication — @shmole Newsletter • Website — http: www.ashmoleacademy.org/
History
History
The school, named after the 17th-century antiquary and politician Elias Ashmole, was founded in 1958 as the successor of Russell Lane Secondary Modern Boys' School which had changed its name to Ashmole School in about 1949, had Southaw School merged into it in 1971, and became a foundation school in 1999. It achieved specialist status in Science in 2002, and added a second specialism, Music, in 2006. The school moved into a new building on the same site in September 2004 costing £14m. The existing administration block was refurbished and opened as the performing arts centre in June 2005. This was funded by the sale of 38 acre of school grounds for redevelopment as housing. On 1 October 2010, it became one of the first schools in north London (second in Barnet – after QE Boys) to convert to an academy after an invitation from the Coalition Government.
Academic standards
Academic standards
Ofsted gave an overall rating of the school as Grade 1 Outstanding, the highest available assessment for a UK school, following their 2007 inspection. As of 2024, the school's most recent inspection was in 2021, with a judgement of Good.
Notable former pupils
• Aden Durde, gridiron football player and coach • Gilbert Gabriel, musician • Julian Kelly, footballer • Graham King, film producer • Dee Murray, guitarist • Daniel Peacock, actor and director • Dan Gillespie Sells, musician • Steve Sidwell, musician • Rachel Stevens, singer, businesswoman, model and actress • Andrew Symeou, author • Phoebe Thomas, actress • Amy Winehouse, singer • Halimat Adio, England netball Player
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- 1.Ashmole Academy. About Us.
- 2.Ashmole Academy. General Enquires.
- 3.Brown, Derrick. Message from the Head. @shmole, volume 1, issue 8. Ashmole School. Autumn 2007.
- 4.Ambridge, Geoffrey. Ashmole Sec. Mod. School, London N.20 – 1950–54 – Telling Tales Out of School. Blog. Geoffrey Ambridge. 22 February 2006.
- 5.Galbinski, Alex. Land sale paid for £14m new school. Barnet & Potters Bar Times. 30 June 2005.
- 6.Ashmole Academy. Ashmole School becomes an Academy. 1 October 2010.
- 7."Ashmole School – Inspection report", Ofsted, 20 February 2007.
- 8.Oppenheim, Brian. Inspection of Ashmole Academy. Ofsted. 2021.
- 9.Williams makes light of thunder to strike winner. Watford Observer. 8 May 2002.
- 10.Hodgkinson, Will. The songwriting team behind the coolest new West End musical. The Times. 15 November 2017.
- 11.Handley, Rhys. Ashmole Academy opens new primary school at Southgate site to ease need for school places in Barnet. Times series. 1 September 2016.
- 12.Enfield, Laura. Extradited- Enfield's Andrew Symeou tells the story of his Greek prison hell. Enfield Independent. 25 August 2015.
- 13.Addley, Esther. 'She has had her troubles but she has been catapulted to being a superstar . the thing is, she absolutely can deliver'. The Guardian. 17 August 2007.
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