The Ashcombe School

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| established = 1976

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| type = Academy

| trust = South East Surrey Schools Education Trust

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| head_label = Headteacher

| head = Chris Panting

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| address = Ashcombe Road

| city = Dorking

| county = Surrey

| country = England

| postcode = RH4 1LY

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| ofsted = yes

| urn = 143901

| staff =

| enrolment = 1408

| gender = Coeducational

| lower_age = 11

| upper_age = 18

| houses = 4 (Windsor, Stuart, Tudor, and York)

| colours = Navy blue and red {{color box|Navy}} {{color box|Red}}

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The Ashcombe School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Dorking in the English county of Surrey.{{cite web

| access-date = 27 June 2011

| publisher = Department for Education

| title = Edubase: Establishment: The Ashcombe School

| url = http://www.edubase.gov.uk/establishment/summary.xhtml?urn=125264

}}

History

The Ashcombe School was established in 1976, by the merger of Dorking County Grammar School and Mowbray School.{{cite web

| access-date = 27 June 2011

| title = ADA Membership Brochure

| publisher = The Ashcombe Dorkinian Association

| url = http://ashcombedorking.com/info/brochures/A_D_A1.htm

| archive-date = 26 March 2012

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120326081249/http://ashcombedorking.com/info/brochures/A_D_A1.htm

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}} The co-educational Dorking County Grammar School had been founded in 1931 with the Amalgamation of the Dorking High School for Boys (1884–1930)Staff registers, Surrey History Centre, National Archives 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.The Ashcombe Dorkinian Association, Newsletter June 2012

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.{{cite web

| last = McCormack

| first = Steve

| title = Language of the future: Why Mandarin Chinese is taking off in schools

| work = The Independent

| date = 5 July 2007

| url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/language-of-the-future-why-mandarin-chinese-is-taking-off-in-schools-455913.html

| access-date = 18 April 2008

| archive-date = 9 April 2008

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080409215959/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/language-of-the-future-why-mandarin-chinese-is-taking-off-in-schools-455913.html

| url-status = dead

}}{{cite web

| last = Cutforth

| first = Sarah

| title = The future is ... Mandarin

| work = Education Guardian

| date = 6 April 2004

| url = http://education.guardian.co.uk/egweekly/story/0,5500,1186057,00.html

| access-date = 18 April 2008

| archive-date = 12 January 2006

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060112061804/http://education.guardian.co.uk/egweekly/story/0,5500,1186057,00.html

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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.{{cite web |date= 11 January 2017 |title= Three schools join together to become academies |publisher= Education Executive |url= https://edexec.co.uk/three-schools-in-dorking-leatherhead-and-redhill-join-together-to-become-academies/ |access-date= 23 March 2023 }}

Notable former pupils

=Dorking High School for Boys=

James Chuter Ede, Lord Chuter-Ede of Epsom,Jeffreys, Kevin, [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/32414 "Ede, James Chuter Chuter-, Baron Chuter-Ede (1882–1965)"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511100100/https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-32414 |date=11 May 2021 }}, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edition, January 2008. Retrieved 19 April 2018 {{subscription required}}{{cite book |last=Hart |first=Stephen |title=James Chuter Ede: Humane Reformer and Politician |year= 2021 |publisher=Pen & Sword |isbn=9781526783721}} Labour MP and Home Secretary
John Gandee,‘GANDEE, John Stephen’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U172594, accessed 30 March 2015] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511100039/https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-172594;jsessionid=03294F4732371F182D92FF493EDADBC5 |date=11 May 2021 }} British diplomat; High Commissioner to Botswana from 1966 to 1969.

=Dorking County Grammar School=

William Cole{{cite news |title= A tribute to Mac - Roderick McLeod (1956 – 1963) |url= http://ashcombedorking.com/ADASpr98/ADASpr98001.htm#Mac1 |work= The Dorkinian |issue= 12 |date= Spring 1998}} English conductor, composer and organist. Teacher at Dorking County School 1937-40
Michael Colborne,{{cite news |title= Michael Colborne, loyal aide to Prince Charles – obituary |date= 4 October 2017 |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2017/10/04/michael-colborne-loyal-aide-prince-charles-obituary/ |work= The Telegraph |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190526131301/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2017/10/04/michael-colborne-loyal-aide-prince-charles-obituary/ |archive-date=26 May 2019 }} Michael Colborner, Loyal aide to Prince Charles. Royal Navy officer and private secretary to Charles, Prince of Wales, and later the Duke of Westminster.
Patricia Fothergill,{{cite web|title=1954 Dorkinian|url=http://ashcombedorkinian.com/docs/Mag1954/1954_00.htm|website=The Dorkinian|publisher=Ashcombe Dorkinian Association|access-date=29 March 2017|year=1954|archive-date=29 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170329141856/http://ashcombedorkinian.com/docs/Mag1954/1954_00.htm|url-status=live}} pioneer in robotics and control languages, helped develop the Freddy II robot pioneer in robotics and robot control languages.
Sir Stephen Lamport,[http://www.gcal.ac.uk/ceppcg/advisory.html Profile at Glasgow Caledonian University October 2005] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060622054146/http://www.gcal.ac.uk/ceppcg/advisory.html |date=22 June 2006 }} Receiver General at Westminster Abbey, former diplomat and Deputy Private Secretary to the Prince of Wales.
Liz Lynne,{{cite web

| access-date = 27 June 2011

| publisher = Liberal Democrats

| title = Liz Lynne MEP – MEP for the West Midlands

| url = http://www.libdems.org.uk/meps_detail.aspx?name=Liz_Lynne_MEP&pPK=61197d6e-9327-4411-9b28-b48bc003cfac

| archive-date = 22 June 2011

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110622234817/http://libdems.org.uk/meps_detail.aspx?name=Liz_Lynne_MEP&pPK=61197d6e-9327-4411-9b28-b48bc003cfac

| url-status = live

}} Former Liberal Democrat MP and MEP

Tom Mangold,{{cite web

| access-date = 27 June 2011

| publisher = Tom Mangold

| title = Curriculum Vitae

| url = http://www.tommangold.com/cv.html

| archive-date = 17 July 2011

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110717071306/http://www.tommangold.com/cv.html

| url-status = live

}} award-winning BBC journalist and writer

Sir Erich Reich,{{cite news |date= 31 December 2009 |title= Kindertransport refugee receives a knighthood |work= BBC News |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8435215.stm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181230040721/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8435215.stm |archive-date= 30 December 2018 |url-status= live }} Kindertransport refugee, Austrian-born entrepreneur and charity fundraiser.

=The Ashcombe School=

Evan Davis,{{cite web

| access-date = 27 June 2011

| publisher = BBC

| title = Evan Davis to become a permanent presenter on Today

| url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2009/01_january/23/evan.shtml

| archive-date = 27 January 2009

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090127041426/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2009/01_january/23/evan.shtml

| url-status = live

}} economist and BBC journalist

Rich Good, Musician and co-founder of the band The Pleased, guitarist in the band Psychedelic Furs
Sarah Ioannides, Classical conductor
Jamie Mackie,{{cite news |last1= Starnes |first1= Anna |last2= van Klavaren |first2= Tom |last3= Fleming |first3= Eleanor |date= 16 January 2021 |title= 26 celebrities who went to school in Surrey |work= Surrey Live |url= https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/famous-celebrities-taught-school-surrey-17649486 |access-date= 23 March 2023 }} Scotland international footballer

References

Category:Educational institutions established in 1976

Category:1976 establishments in England

Category:Secondary schools in Surrey

Category:Dorking

Category:Academies in Surrey