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Application Packs for Admission to First Year 2021/2022

By Ashton School on Nov 5, 2020.  

Application Packs for admission to First Year 2021/2022 have been sent by email to those who had requested application packs by Thursday, 5th November, at 2.00 p.m. If you had submitted a request by 5th November at 2.00 p.m. but did not receive an email message, you may have entered your email address incorrectly.  Please […]

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Important changes to daily school routine

By Ashton School on Aug 29, 2020.  

Dear Students and Parents, Please watch this short video which describes important changes to the daily school routine resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic.  Please follow the advice carefully for your own safety and the safety of others. Yours sincerely, Adrian Landen Principal  1,174 total views

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Message for Students and Parents re Return to School

By Ashton School on Aug 11, 2020.  

Dear Students and Parents, I hope that you have enjoyed a good summer break and that you and your family remain safe and well. Planning for the reopening of the school is now well underway and we are confident that we will be able to open the school fully and safely by the end of […]

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Covid-19 and Reopening of Schools – Correspondence from the Minister for Education and Skills and Management Bodies

By Ashton School on Aug 10, 2020.  

Dear All, Please find below links to letters from Minister Foley to (i) parents and (ii) school staff. Please also find below a joint press release from the Management Bodies for the post primary schools following the announcement by the Department of Education and Skills regarding the reopening of schools. Letter to Parents from Minister […]

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Build Your Startup: 9 Ways To Fund Your Business

By Ashton School on Jul 22, 2020.  

Content What are government-backed loans? Reconcile Bank Statements Regularly What is investment credit? Benefits of Obtaining a Professional Valuation of Your Business Learn more about custodial accounts and fractional shares. This financing method is typically right for individuals with at least $50,000 in a deferred retirement account and are willing to risk it for their […]

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Transition Year End-of-Year Celebration 2020

By Ashton School on May 21, 2020.  

Parents of Transition Year Students,  You are invited to attend the online End-of-Year Celebration of the Transition Year Class of 2020 with your son/daughter this evening, Thursday, 21st May 2020, from 7.30 p.m.  Student Office 365/Teams username and password will be required to access. Yours sincerely, Adrian Landen Principal  567 total views

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Junior Cycle 2020 – Arrangements for Assessment and Reporting

By Ashton School on May 7, 2020.  

Dear Parents/Guardians and Students, On Wednesday, 29th April, Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh announced revised arrangements for Junior Cycle 2020. The Minister’s announcement made it clear that the Junior Cycle examinations as we have known them to date will not take place in June this year and will not take in the autumn either.  […]

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Consultation on Draft Admission Policy

By Ashton School on Apr 22, 2020.  

Dear Staff Members and Parents of Current Students, In response to the commencement in 2020 of certain sections of the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018, all schools are required to revise their admission policies to comply with the Act. Accordingly, the Board of Management of Ashton School now wishes to consult staff members and […]

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Selection of Senior Cycle Option Subjects for Fifth Year 2020/2021

By Ashton School on Apr 18, 2020.  

Dear Parent/Guardian, Students in Ashton School normally take seven examination subjects for the Leaving Certificate examination which is taken at the end of Sixth Year. The seven subjects include English, Irish, and mathematics as core subjects and four other subjects chosen from sixteen option subjects arranged in four blocks.  Students also have classes in SPHE, […]

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Parent/Guardian Email Contact Register

By Ashton School on Apr 15, 2020.  

Dear Parent/Guardian, You have received an SMS text message because you are registered as contact parent/guardian for one or more students in our school. Please register your email address by clicking on the link below. On average it takes less than two minutes. REGISTER YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS HERE If you have received the text message […]

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