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P AR NS ITE ME R MANUS ET PA R NS ITE ME R MANUS ET ASHFIELD BOYS’ HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING YOUR SON’S FUTURE TODAY 2 PRINCIPAL’S WELCOME Thank you for taking the time to read our not just gain the relevant qualifications which enable them to progress to ‘Higher / school prospectus, we hope that you will Further’ Education, but also to develop the find the information helpful. skills that are necessary for them to take their place in the world they live in and their As you and your son decide which post- environment, with relationships based on chosen career. primary school is best for you, I would mutual respect and built upon our Core It is vitally important that we acknowledge like to outline why I believe Ashfield Boys’ Values of HEART: our past; it has provided us with strong High School will provide your son with the foundations which are based upon high best education available. As a father of • Honesty standards of excellence, strong foundations four, I know how important it is that our • Excellence of community and strong foundations children are happy and safe in school. In • Attitude of support and togetherness. However, Ashfield we believe strongly in a partnership • Respect we must not simply dwell upon our past, with students, staff and parents working • Teamwork we must not simply try and replicate our closely together for the best of all involved. past or we will be in danger of not moving Outstanding Pastoral Care and Support Ultimately we believe: this commitment forward with the future. Therefore, we is essential if this partnership is to excel. I to each individual pupil, along with must continue to develop and grow. We can, with pride, state that Ashfield Boys’ our ‘HEART’ core values, the strong High School has a first rate Pastoral Care relationships we have with all of our live in very different, and indeed difficult, and Support system which is at the centre stakeholders and the exceptional teaching, times both in terms of economics and of all that we do. In Ashfield Boys’ we leads to our boys achieving beyond their employment opportunities. The world passionately believe in ‘Child-Centred’ expectations. is changing at an alarmingly fast rate, education. ‘Child-Centred’ education which particularly in terms of information ensures that every one of our boys is at the Our teachers are dedicated and committed technology. It is our intention to ensure that, heart of all that we do. to the highest standards of teaching and in Ashfield Boys’ High School, we stay at learning - achieved through a combination the forefront of these world developments. On entering Ashfield Boys’ High School, of challenge and support, encouragement Over the next three years you will see our boys find a welcoming and purposeful and praise – to ensure that all students Ashfield grow and develop even further - 3 particularly in terms of facilities, resources and opportunities for all of our students. Your son, by choosing Ashfield Boys’ High School, has the chance to be at the centre of these exciting opportunities. I would like to invite you to visit us on our Open Night. This will provide you with an opportunity to sample a snapshot of life here in Ashfield Boys’. I, along with staff and students, will be available to answer any questions you might have. Our school website will also provide you with more information and will advertise the times and dates for Open Night. If you would like any further information, please do not hesitate to contact me at the school. I look forward to meeting you at our Open Night and working with you in the future. MR. JO MCCOLGAN PRINCIPAL 4 CHILD-CENTRED PROVIDING EXCELLENT PASTORAL SYSTEM Our child-centred pastoral care system PASTORAL CARE strives to break down the barriers to MR. ALISTAIR DUFFIELD learning by putting in place programmes AND SUPPORT VICE PRINCIPAL, PASTORAL CARE & SUPPORT and supports which ultimately help your The unique and celebrated atmosphere in Our strong pastoral system sons with their academic, social and I believe that the core values of emotional wellbeing. Ashfield Boys’ High School is created by a commences with the boys benefitting honesty, excellence, attitude, respect Pastoral Care system that places our pupils from the care of a specialist Head of and teamwork, that help underpin We recognise that parental interest and at the centre of everything we do. Year 8, Mrs Simpson. From Year 9 the pastoral care system in Ashfield involvement helps our boys to succeed onwards, Year Teachers and Form Boys’ High School, have been and that the way to inspire them is to work Positive relationships are built on the Teachers move up the school with central in all that I have achieved in elite sport and my career. together collaboratively. We believe that rapport that exists between the pupils and the boys, providing continuity of the most important partnership is between the staff who care, support, develop and care throughout your son’s time at From day one in Ashfield Boys’, our boys, the school and parents. challenge them to achieve their full potential Ashfield Boys’. we work together to instil these in in a fair and consistent environment. all of our boys. MR. KEITH MILLAR CORE SENIOR LEADER - I have been a PE ASSISTANT PASTORAL CARE teacher at ABHS for AND SUPPORT COORDINATOR 19 years. I love seeing pupils excel in sport and education and, through my Pastoral role, I love helping our boys develop their resilience and achieve something they thought they were not capable of. The reason I teach is to help pupils gain self-confidence and reach their potential. Away from school I love spending time with my wife and my two sons who make me laugh a lot! 5 MRS. NICKI SIMPSON HEAD OF YEAR 8 Being Head of Year 8 is my favourite role as a They should be at the HEART teacher. One of the best, but busiest, times of the OUR CORE of everything that we do: year is helping the new boys to settle into life at Ashfield Boys’ every September. It’s fantastic getting VALUES: • Honesty – be honest with yourself to know each of them and being able to support the and others, do the right thing. HEART boys through the transition process and beyond. • Excellence – strive for the highest In Ashfield Boys’ High personal achievement in all that School, we have identified we do. 5 core values that we • Attitude – having the right attitude, a ‘can do’ attitude. believe should shape • Respect – treating others in the all of our behaviours same way as we would like to be and actions. treated. • Teamwork – using the supports available to us to be the very best version of ourselves. TRANSITION PROGRAMMES The school’s transition familiarisation days in June and August. programmes are proactive in It continues with a team-building supporting our boys through the residential for all Form Classes during the first term and active participation in the MR. NEAL FORBES main transition phases in their CORE SENIOR LEADER I lead the Learning Support Department ‘Barnardo’s All Stars’ programme. education - P7 to Year 8, Year - LEARNING SUPPORT within Ashfield Boys’ High School and have COORDINATOR experience of working within the field of 10 to GCSE, Year 12 to Sixth Partnerships with other groups and pastoral care and support for over ten years. I am Form and Sixth Form to either organisations is a recognised strength 100% committed and passionate about removing Further / Higher education or of the school. We do not believe that the barriers to pupils’ learning, along with building positive relationships with the boys and their the world of work. schools should work in isolation; we parents. In my spare time, I am a fan of all sports welcome active participation from a but in particular Rugby and Formula 1, where Support begins in P7 with an intensive wide variety of organisations to ensure team work and work ethic are the core values to transition programme, which involves that our school is vibrant and inspiring, success. I can also be found most weekends doing Ashfield staff visiting all of our feeder providing your sons with a broad and DIY or watching movies with my family. primary schools and organising our balanced school experience. 6 STUDENT PEER MR LUKE WHITE COUNCIL MENTORING SCIENCE TEACHER The Student Council not only benefits SCHEME As a former pupil and now teacher those boys directly involved by developing at Ashfield Boys’ High School, I This scheme actively encourages our boys cannot speak more highly of the their confidence, communication, to be supportive and empathetic towards positive impact that being part of presentation and negotiation skills, but each other, whilst it also reinforces our the Ashfield community has had on it also benefits every boy by providing commitment to providing our boys with a my life. It is an honour for me to be them with the means (The Pupil Voice) back as one of the teaching staff. postivie caring learning environment. to communicate their ideas and feelings about their school. The Student Council Year 13 &14 boys apply to become a prefect meets on a regular basis and reports and provide peer mentoring support to the directly to the entire student population, boys in the Junior School. The successful the Core Leadership Team of the school applicants are given training, organised by and also the Board of Governors. PIPS, in listening skills, resilience building and suicide awareness. They are also taught about the importance of confidentiality and when information needs to be passed on.

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