Ash Manor School

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Ash Manor School, Surrey
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Address
Ash Manor School
Manor Road

Ash
, ,
GU12 6QH

England
Coordinates 51°14′26″N0°43′45″W / 51.240431°N 0.729163°W / 51.240431; -0.729163
Information
Type Community school
MottoAspire and Achieve
Established1948
Local authority Surrey
Specialist Technology College
Department for Education URN 125271 Tables
Ofsted Reports
HeadteacherAgnes Bailey
Staff70
Gender Coeducational
Age11to 16 [1]
Enrolment7.2
Houses4
Colour(s)Navy Blue and Light Blue
Website www.ashmanorschool.com

Ash Manor School is a comprehensive, community secondary school located in Manor Road, Ash, Surrey, England. [1] Opened as Yeoman's Bridge School in 1948. The school was formed after a merger between two schools in 1986: Yeomans Bridge and Robert Haining. There are 937 students. [2]

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Standards

During the last full inspection carried out by Ofsted at the school in December 2012, the inspectors judged the school to be Good. This grade was upheld in an Ofsted short inspection in March 2017. [3]

House system

Ash Manor is divided into four Houses. [4] Each are known for their strong individual characteristics and competitiveness in sport. While the House colours have remained unchanged, the names of the Houses were originally the surnames of famous people from British History, they were: Brunel, Faraday, Wells and Newton. [5] The current names were picked via democratic vote by the students within each house[ citation needed ] and are:

Previously, Year 7 had their own house, called Darwin, but this has since been merged back into the other houses. The house colour was gold and pupils were given matching gold house ties. [6]

Former pupils

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