Ashfield Boys High School

Overview

CRICOS Provider: 00588M School Profile: Ashfield Boys’ Public High School is a public boys’ school. The school offers a wide range of challenging courses and is committed to meeting the needs of every student. The school focuses on cultivating students to achieve academic achievement in a personalized and humane atmosphere. Therefore, the school adopts a variety of teaching strategies to adapt to different students' learning styles. The school aims to enable all students to learn effectively to meet the challenges of entering higher education. The school also offers special courses for gifted students, students from non-English speaking countries and students with learning difficulties.

Description

Ashfield Boys High School

Year of establishment: 1925

Year opened: Year7 -Year12

School Address: 117 Liverpool Road Ashfield NSW 2131

Total number of students: 722

School Profile:

Ashfield Boys High School aims to inspire every boy to strive for personal excellence and reach his full potential as a man. Every student is viewed as an individual and school structures support and develop talent in a wide variety of fields. 

Teaching, learning and wellbeing programs are based on current research and are tailored to the specific learning needs of boys. Students are supported to become independent learners who integrate knowledge from different areas and apply this to real life situations. The aim of this approach is to support the academic, social and ethical development of young men so that they have the skills to thrive in the 21st century. 
The changing needs of adolescent male learners inform structures and programs in the school. Years 7 and 8 are taught in learning teams and teachers meet weekly to plan for the personal success of boys in their team. This facilitates the seamless transition from primary school and develops a high degree of professional understanding by teachers regarding the gifts and needs of every student. 

In the middle school, students are encouraged to work collaboratively and use their learning to solve problems. The senior school is structured around individual planning and mentoring, allowing every young man to pursue his personal pathway to success in the HSC and beyond. The school also provides for both the academic, language and wellbeing needs of international students. 
Students have the opportunity to participate in a wide variety of quality co-curricular programs such as band, music, debating, drama, Duke of Edinburgh and leadership development. Both competitive and recreational sports are a strong feature of Ashfield Boys High School. The school enjoys strong partnerships with its community, local schools and youth services. Our continued success is based on collaborative leadership and a caring, supportive and experienced staff. Student accomplishment in the HSC is particularly strong and students achieve highly significant levels of academic growth from Year 7 to 12. 

Purpose

Our School has a clear sense of purpose. Sound educational principles and philosophy govern practice within the school. Our purpose is to be a learning school in which:

• The focus is on students and their continuing learning.
• Teachers, students and parents work together to ensure greater learning.
• Teachers are encouraged to be continuing learners.
• The school as an organization learns its way forward to ensure student success.

Geographical environment:

The school is located 10 kilometers west of Sydney’s city center. It is accessible by bus or train. The transportation is convenient. The middle school is close to Ashfield Railway Station, and there are some international restaurants such as Chinese, Italian, Indian and Turkish restaurants nearby. The University of Sydney and Sydney’s AIT Institute of Technology and Design, which are less than 10 kilometers away from the school, can be reached in about 15 minutes by bus or train.

School facilities:

120 computer workstations can be connected to three computer laboratories in the school; well-equipped natural science laboratory; teachers and students can use Internet server, multimedia equipment and personal hard disk; multimedia learning room; modern gymnasium and outdoor sports field

Course features:

1. English as a Second Language (ESL)

2. Selectable languages: Chinese, Spanish

3. Featured activities:

School bands and music clubs;

Debates and public speeches;

Student leadership organization;

Inter-school sports competition;

After-school learning courses;

Drama performances, etc.

4. Student Service Center: study skills exchange meeting; Sydney tour group for overseas students; free after-school tutoring two afternoons a week.

5. HSC test results: ATAR test with a high score of 99.85 points

Retrieved from https://ashfieldbo-h.schools.nsw.gov.au/