What an opportunity………we had the pleasure of welcoming owner and head chef of James Street South, Niall McKenna along with the BBC crew of the Make it, Super Assembly.  Our Year 13 and 14 Hospitality students, under the expert guidance of our Home Economics department whipped up a fantastic lunch for our guests and we had a packed audience in our assembly hall ...

All pupils in years 12, 13 and 14 made the trip to the Titanic Exhibition Centre on Tuesday 8th November 2016 to attend the Skills Northern Ireland careers and skills event.

The event aimed to bring students and young people together to gain vital information about work, training and learning outside of school and college.  They were able to ask lots of questions and talk to people on the stands to find out more information and gain a useful insight into their preferred ...

The first stage of launching our first ever school App has begun.  The App Club members and teacher in charge (Mr Lowe) have submitted the completed App to Apple where they will verify and test that the App is fully functional before making it made available in their App Store.

This process should only take a couple of weeks to complete.  It all depends on how ...

On Friday 28^th October 2016, we had our annual Prize Giving distribution.  Our prize winners received their awards in recognition of their achievements from our honoured guest, the Minister for Education, Peter Weir MLA.

Minister Weir urged our pupils not to miss any opportunities and congratulated our whole school community on its continued excellent provision.  Our Year 8 pupils had the opportunity to attend, ...

On Tuesday 13th September 2016, Ashfield Boys’ were invited to Parliament Buildings to deliver our peace pledge to the First Minister and deputy First Ministers.  Our Head boy, Sam Kelly escorted Rhys Jenkins, Year 9 Student Council representative along with Mrs Kerrigan.

Our peace pledge was designed around our core values – HEART.  It will feature in the ‘Amazing the Space’ event, a youth led peace building initiative at the Eikon Exhibition Centre on Wednesday 21st September 2016.  This ...

The App Club at Ashfield have been working tirelessly over the past year to develop and launch its very own school app.  Now that the app has been developed and is going through its final stages of testing, we are very close to the launch.

The team included: Owen Kelly (Strategic Planner), Craig McCord (Design Team), Travis Lord (Design Team), Zach Norwood (Design Team), Josh Thompson (App Development) and Tiago Marques (App Development), with the club being run by Mr Lowe.

We ...

Once again Ashfield Boys are riding the crest of the wave of ‘A’ Level success. Congratulations to our Year 14 leavers who have surpassed all previous year groups by achieving the best ‘A’ Level results in our school’s history. Just over 85% of the boys attained good grades in three or more ‘A’ levels with 96% achieving two or more.

Special mention must go ...

Lacking aspiration are words that are frequently used to discredit the achievements of boys who attend non-selective schools in Northern Ireland. Well the boys of Ashfield continue to dispel the myth of lacking aspiration and underachievement.

Yet again, our Year 12 GCSE boys ...

This year has seen our biggest ever intake of Year 8 boys which is testament to the value that you, the parents, continue to place in our school. It is always a pleasure to see so many boys arrive with huge smiles on their faces and this year was no different with 125 boys eagerly arriving full of excitement and determination.

In ...