Established 1935 Headteacher Mr James Shapland DfE URN 117578 Tables Phone +44 1442 863605 Founded 1935 | DfE number 919/5406 Motto Aspire and Achieve Gender Mixed-sex education | |
Location Chesham RoadBerkhamstedHertfordshireHP4 3AHEngland | ||
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Ashlyns School is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England. The school was established in 1935 as the final location of the Foundling Hospital.
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History
Ashlyns School was built on the Ashlyns Estate in the 1930s by the Thomas Coram Foundation for Children, (the Foundling Hospital), a Charitable organisation set up in the 18th Century, as replacement for their premises in London. It passed to the local authority in 1951: for a time some children under the care of the foundation still lived in the school: once they moved out their dormitories on the first floor became class rooms. It has the "girls staircase" from the London Foundling Hospital.
Recent
In recent years, the school was awarded specialist school status as a Language College. On the 19th of December 2008 Headteacher Mr Dalziel resigned after 10 years in charge; he was replaced by Mr Gary Lewis from January to April 2009 and then he was replaced by Mr James Shapland, formerly Deputy Headteacher of Nicholas Breakspear School in St Albans. The school has been used for the setting of the film Son of Rambow which was primarily shot in the surrounding area of Berkhamsted and Ashridge Estate.
As of September 2013, Ashlyns School returned to the two-tier system (as a Secondary School)