Latest news at Ashmount School......

• Chair of Governors Jean honoured

  Mon 15 Jun 2015 Dave

  Jean Lewis our Chair of Governors has received an MBE for her service to education. As The Leicester Mercury says:

  Jean Lewis of Loughborough has been awarded an MBE for her work as chair of governors at Ashmount Special School in the town.

  Her citation states that Jean, 68, "has made an outstanding contribution to education in Leicestershire over a long and sustained period of time."

  It adds: "As chair of Ashmount Special School, she has championed the cause of children with special educational needs and promoted special schools as leaders of education.

  "Her actions and leadership have led the school to recently achieve an outstanding Ofsted report."

  Jean, who is also chair of the Leicestershire School Governors Association and the governors at Mountfields Lodge Primary School, said: "I'm not someone who seeks awards but I'm very happy to accept it because it represents the work of a lot of people other than me."

  Jean helped secure the £9.35 million to rebuild Ashmount School, which is one of only three special schools which continue to be run by the county education authority.

  
  
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• Governors in top six nationally

  Fri 12 Jun 2015 Dave
  On Tuesday 9th June ten of our school governors plus Helen Stockhill from County Hall travelled to London for the National Governors Association 2015 Governance Awards. We attended a ceremony and presentation at The House of Commons with shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt. The NGA awards are held every two years and Ashmount were judged as finalist placing us in the top six schools in the country for Governance. This is due recognition for all the hard work and dedication of our voluntary governors.

• Another generous donation from Motorline Direct

  Thu 11 Jun 2015 Dave

  The school would like to thank Motorline Direct of Shepshed for yet another generous donation to The Ashmount Appeal. For each car sold an amount is donated to The Appeal. On Thursday 11th June we went to the salerooms and received a cheque for £2,600.23. The photo shows four of our students receiving the cheque from two of the Motorline Direct salesmen.

  What these quarterly payments have meant for us is that we have been able to extend the external canopies to the primary side of the building. This work has been undertaken to the same high quality as the original installations by Broxap Ltd. This means that our primary aged children can learn and play directly outside their classrooms in all weathers.

  

• Coast to coast bike rider

  Mon 08 Jun 2015 Dave

  Des O'Connell, husband of Ashmount teacher Sandra, will be riding from Whithaven to Newcastle on Thursday  11th June with The Round Table. All proceeds to The Ashmount Appeal. You can sponsor via his Just Giving page at

    https://www.justgiving.com/Des-O-Connell1

   

  Good luck Des - we are right with you!!!