The Ashcombe School Explained

The Ashcombe School
Coordinates:51.2387°N -0.3295°W
Established:1976
Trust:South East Surrey Schools Education Trust
Head Label:Headteacher
Head:Chris Panting
Address:Ashcombe Road
Country:England
Postcode:RH4 1LY
Ofsted:yes
Urn:143901
Enrolment:1408
Lower Age:11
Upper Age:18
Houses:4 (Windsor, Stuart, Tudor, and York)
Colours:Navy blue and red

The Ashcombe School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Dorking in the English county of Surrey.[1]

History

The Ashcombe School was established in 1976, by the merger of Dorking County Grammar School and Mowbray School.[2] The co-educational Dorking County Grammar School had been founded in 1931 with the Amalgamation of the Dorking High School for Boys (1884–1930)[3] and St.Martin's Church Of England High School for Girls opened in 1903. Mowbray Secondary Modern School for Girls opened on an adjacent site in 1953. The schools were close enough to share the school kitchen.[4]

The Ashcombe School became a Specialist Language College in September 1998, allowing it to receive additional funding. It was featured in the Independent and the Guardian as a school that teaches Mandarin.[5] [6]

Previously a community school administered by Surrey County Council, in January 2017 The Ashcombe School converted to academy status. The school is now sponsored by the South East Surrey Schools Education Trust.[7]

Notable former pupils

Dorking High School for Boys

Dorking County Grammar School

The Ashcombe School

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 27 June 2011. Department for Education. Edubase: Establishment: The Ashcombe School.
  2. Web site: 27 June 2011. ADA Membership Brochure. The Ashcombe Dorkinian Association. 26 March 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120326081249/http://ashcombedorking.com/info/brochures/A_D_A1.htm. live.
  3. Staff registers, Surrey History Centre, National Archives
  4. The Ashcombe Dorkinian Association, Newsletter June 2012
  5. Web site: McCormack . Steve . Language of the future: Why Mandarin Chinese is taking off in schools . The Independent . 5 July 2007 . 18 April 2008 . 9 April 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080409215959/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/language-of-the-future-why-mandarin-chinese-is-taking-off-in-schools-455913.html . dead .
  6. Web site: Cutforth . Sarah . The future is ... Mandarin . Education Guardian . 6 April 2004 . 18 April 2008 . 12 January 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060112061804/http://education.guardian.co.uk/egweekly/story/0,5500,1186057,00.html . live .
  7. Web site: 11 January 2017 . Three schools join together to become academies . Education Executive . 23 March 2023 .
  8. Jeffreys, Kevin, "Ede, James Chuter Chuter-, Baron Chuter-Ede (1882–1965)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edition, January 2008. Retrieved 19 April 2018
  9. Book: Hart, Stephen . James Chuter Ede: Humane Reformer and Politician . 2021 . Pen & Sword . 9781526783721.
  10. ‘GANDEE, John Stephen’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 30 March 2015
  11. News: A tribute to Mac - Roderick McLeod (1956 – 1963) . The Dorkinian . 12 . Spring 1998.
  12. News: Michael Colborne, loyal aide to Prince Charles – obituary . 4 October 2017 . The Telegraph . https://web.archive.org/web/20190526131301/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2017/10/04/michael-colborne-loyal-aide-prince-charles-obituary/ . 26 May 2019 . Michael Colborner, Loyal aide to Prince Charles.
  13. Web site: 1954 Dorkinian. The Dorkinian. Ashcombe Dorkinian Association. 29 March 2017. 1954. 29 March 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170329141856/http://ashcombedorkinian.com/docs/Mag1954/1954_00.htm. live.
  14. http://www.gcal.ac.uk/ceppcg/advisory.html Profile at Glasgow Caledonian University October 2005
  15. Web site: 27 June 2011. Liberal Democrats. Liz Lynne MEP – MEP for the West Midlands. 22 June 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110622234817/http://libdems.org.uk/meps_detail.aspx?name=Liz_Lynne_MEP&pPK=61197d6e-9327-4411-9b28-b48bc003cfac. live.
  16. Web site: 27 June 2011. Tom Mangold. Curriculum Vitae. 17 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110717071306/http://www.tommangold.com/cv.html. live.
  17. News: 31 December 2009 . Kindertransport refugee receives a knighthood . BBC News . https://web.archive.org/web/20181230040721/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8435215.stm . 30 December 2018 . live .
  18. Web site: 27 June 2011. BBC. Evan Davis to become a permanent presenter on Today. 27 January 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090127041426/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2009/01_january/23/evan.shtml. live.
  19. News: Starnes . Anna . van Klavaren . Tom . Fleming . Eleanor . 16 January 2021 . 26 celebrities who went to school in Surrey . Surrey Live . 23 March 2023 .

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