Ashfold School A GSG School
- Ashfold School
Dorton House
Dorton
Aylesbury
Buckinghamshire
HP18 9NG - Head: Colin MacIntosh
- T 01844 238237
- F 01844 238505
- E registrar@ashfoldschool.co.uk
- W www.ashfoldschool.co.uk
- An independent school for boys and girls aged from 3 to 13.
- Read about the best schools in Buckinghamshire
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: Buckinghamshire
- Pupils: 310
- Religion: Christian
- Fees: Day £12,690 - £21,270pa; Boarding £52.00 per night
- Open days: Check school website
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
- ISI report: View the ISI report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
It's all quite innocent here. ‘It’s not all Railway Children and apples, but in this environment we can let children be children and run around,’ school says. They’re not too polished, either. ‘What’s your favourite subject?’ we asked one boy as he sat in the back of his French class. ‘Breaktime, and then lunchtime!’ he giggled. ‘Parents want children to be stretched not pushed, they’re not looking for a hothouse,’ head says.Top set year 8s were certainly scratching their heads when we came across them in maths. ‘Teachers here push you, but it’s not so hard that you can’t...
What the school says...
Ashfold is a leading co-educational prep school for children aged 3 - 13 years, set in 30 stunning acres in the Buckinghamshire countryside. Ashfold is a small school with a reputation as a friendly, family-orientated place. It has a strong academic record and offers an excellent all-round education with an amazing array of academic, co-curricular and pastoral opportunities. ...Read more
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Sports
Equestrian centre or equestrian team - school has own equestrian centre or an equestrian team.
Shooting
What The Good Schools Guide says
Headmaster
Since 2018, Colin MacIntosh, previously deputy at Beaudesert Park School. English at St Andrews, then to Shrewsbury School as chaplain’s assistant: ‘The plan was to stay for a year, but they asked me to teach some English,’ and now here he is, a few preps later. An easy chit-chatter, self-deprecating, teacher-done-good rather than greasy-pole climber: ‘I wouldn’t give myself a job now!’ he jokes of his younger self, having never actually done teacher training.
Well cut out for it, though, having boarded from 7: ‘Dad was in the army.’ Describes those staff as ‘amazing’ (he went from Foremarke Hall on to Repton); ‘It’s part of my job to give the children here equally brilliant memories.’ His study couldn’t be more prep school if it tried: a sumptuous Jacobean mantelpiece adorned by...
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Special Education Needs
Learning Support is available to all children who have identified Specific Learning Difficulties. However, Ashfold is a mainstream school and not a special needs school. For a child to thrive at Ashfold in addition to limited classroom LSA support, no more than 1 hour of individual tuition per week should be needed. Consequently, Ashfold would not be suitable for children with more than a mild level of learning difficulty. All children are screened for dyslexia when they are 7 years old, or if they wish to join the school when they are 7+. Where a number of dyslexic indicators are identified, an educational psychologists report is commissioned and where possible, support provided. 09-09
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | Y |
| Aspergers | Y |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | Y |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | |
| Dysgraphia | |
| Dyslexia | |
| Dyspraxia | |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | |
| Genetic | |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | |
| Has SEN unit or class | |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | |
| Hospital School | |
| Mental health | |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment | |
| Natspec Specialist Colleges | |
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability | |
| Other SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| PD - Physical Disability | |
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty | |
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health | |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication | |
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty | |
| Special facilities for Visually Impaired | |
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| VI - Visual Impairment |
Leavers' destinations
| School | Year | Places | Scholarships | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abingdon School | 2023 | 3 | Scholarships: ACADEMIC, DT, SPORT | |
| Bloxham School | 2023 | 2 | Scholarships: ACADEMIC, DRAMA | |
| Headington Rye Oxford | 2023 | 1 | Scholarship: Sport | |
| St Anthony's School | 2023 | 1 | Scholarships: Drama | |
| Stowe School | 2023 | 1 | Scholarships: Equestrian |
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