The Ashcombe School

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The Ashcombe School
Address
The Ashcombe School
Ashcombe Road

Dorking
,
Surrey
,
RH4 1LY

England
Coordinates 51°14′19″N0°19′46″W / 51.2387°N 0.3295°W / 51.2387; -0.3295
Information
Type Academy
Established1976
TrustSouth East Surrey Schools Education Trust
Department for Education URN 143901 Tables
Ofsted Reports
HeadteacherChris Panting
Gender Coeducational
Age11to 18
Enrolment1408 [1]
Houses4 (Windsor, Stuart, Tudor, and York)
Colour(s)Navy blue and red   
Website www.ashcombe.surrey.sch.uk

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

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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

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