Ash Manor School is a
comprehensive,
community
A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as place, norms, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g. a country, village, ...
secondary school located in Manor Road,
Ash,
Surrey, England.
Opened as Yeoman's Bridge School in 1948. The school was formed after a merger between two schools Yeomans Bridge and Robert Haining in 1986. There are 937 students.
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.
House system
Ash Manor is divided into four Houses. 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
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, they were:
Brunel,
Faraday
Michael Faraday (; 22 September 1791 – 25 August 1867) was an English scientist who contributed to the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. His main discoveries include the principles underlying electromagnetic induction, ...
,
Wells and
Newton. The current names were picked via democratic vote by the students within each house and are:
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Phoenix
Phoenix most often refers to:
* Phoenix (mythology), a legendary bird from ancient Greek folklore
* Phoenix, Arizona, a city in the United States
Phoenix may also refer to:
Mythology
Greek mythological figures
* Phoenix (son of Amyntor), a ...
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Sparta
Sparta ( Doric Greek: Σπάρτα, ''Spártā''; Attic Greek: Σπάρτη, ''Spártē'') was a prominent city-state in Laconia, in ancient Greece. In antiquity, the city-state was known as Lacedaemon (, ), while the name Sparta referre ...
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Galileo
* Venture
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.
Former pupils
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Peter Storey
Peter Edwin Storey (born 7 September 1945) is a former England international footballer. Able to play at full-back or more commonly as a defensive midfielder, he picked up a reputation in the Football League as an aggressive player in the 1960 ...
, former
Arsenal and
England
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football player
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Stephanie Twell, middle-distance runner who competed in the
2008 Summer Olympics and
2020 Summer Olympics
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Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...
.
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James Wade, champion darts player
References
External links
Ash Manor School WebsiteAsh Manor School on Dcsf Website
Community schools in Surrey
Secondary schools in Surrey
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