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.

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What a summer for our very own David Hatton. Not only has David just completed his ‘A’ Levels, achieving 3 A* grades in Double Award Science and Business Studies, but, he has also been named as the winner of the ‘Connect Young Founder’ scholarship.

David developed a product which aims to improve the quality of life for Alzheimer’s and dementia patients, while also supporting ...

Every year, at the end of June, our Year 14 boys head off to New York. It is their last experience together as Ashfield Boys’. As a school, it is our way of thanking them for seven years hard work. During the whole of Sixth Form the boys tirelessly fund raise to support ...