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School Closure in response to Covid-19

By Ashton School on Apr 10, 2020.  

Following an announcement made by the Department of Education and Skills on 10th April, Ashton School will be closed until further notice. The full text of the announcement made by the DES is available here. Other statements and updates from the Department of Education and Skills in relation to coronavirus Covid-19 are available here. Advice on A3 poster […]

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Bishop Paul’s Message to the Cork Church of Ireland Post Primary Schools

By Ashton School on Mar 30, 2020.  

Click here to view the Bishop Paul’s Message for School Assemblies on 30th March 2020  797 total views

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Assessment/Screening Tests for Incoming First Year Students 2020/2021 – postponed

By Ashton School on Mar 23, 2020.  

Dear Parents, Following the announcement of the Taoiseach on 12th March about school closure in response to coronavirus Covid-19, Ashton School will be closed until 29th March.  Accordingly the assessment/screening tests scheduled for 25th March have been postponed. At this point all we can say is that the tests have been postponed. It is not […]

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Minister McHugh Announces Cancellation of Leaving Certificate and Junior Cycle Oral and Practical Performance Tests

By Ashton School on Mar 19, 2020.  

19 March, 2020 – Minister McHugh Announces Cancellation of Leaving Certificate and Junior Cycle Oral and Practical Performance Tests  697 total views

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Prize Day Awards Ceremony 2019

By Ashton School on Oct 1, 2019.  

The highlight of our awards ceremony on 27th September 2019 was the tribute paid to past pupil Mary Elmes who was awarded the Ashton School Hall of Fame Award 2019.  Guest speaker journalist and author Clodagh Finn helped students to visualise school days for Mary Elmes in Rochelle School and also spoke of her academic […]

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Prize Day Awards Ceremony 2019 – Photos

By Ashton School on Sep 30, 2019.  

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Leaving Certificate Results 2019

By Ashton School on Aug 13, 2019.  

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Hockey Pitch Refurbishment Project

By Ashton School on Aug 12, 2019.  

Ashton School is very pleased to announce that work on the large-scale project to upgrade the school’s hockey pitch is nearing completion. The project involved the replacement of the original shock pad and carpet. The new shock pad which was laid in situ has been overlaid with a new tufted sand-dressed synthetic grass carpet which […]

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A History of Ashton School, Rochelle School, Cork Grammar School and Cork High School

By Ashton School on Aug 12, 2019.  

A History of Ashton School (St Leger, 2016), an impressive hardback publication compiled over decades, is the work of author Dr Alicia St Leger.  Alicia is a past-pupil who began her second-level education in Rochelle School.  There was no limit to her dedication to accurately record the history of the school and the other schools […]

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Ashton Notes – May 2019

By Ashton School on May 31, 2019.  

¡Olé! Win for 5th Year Ashton Students Sofiya Evenko and Shreya Ghosh are the proud winners of a competition organized by the Post Primary Languages Initiative in conjunction with the Junta de Castilla y León, Spain. Mr Geaney explains, “They had to make a two-minute video in Spanish showing how a typical Irish artefact could […]

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