Ashlawn Teaching School

Ashlawn School is an 11-18 bilateral mixed secondary school in Rugby. Our strapline of ‘transforming lives through learning and leadership’ declares our commitment of offering outstanding educational provision for our students and staff.

Becoming a Teacher through Ashlawn Teaching School can occur through many routes: we support our universities (Warwick, Nottingham Trent, Leicester and Newman) through their core PGCE course; Schools Direct applicants train mostly at Ashlawn and are supported by our partners (Cambridge Partnerships and Leicester University); the School Experience Programme allows potential teachers to gain a 10-day work experience through Ashlawn. The strong partnerships that exist between Ashlawn and our schools ensure that trainee teachers are supported and developed in different contexts and benefit from a range of different experiences.

Training and Developing Teachers and Leaders is an area in which Ashlawn has specialised for many years. We have worked closely with the National College and other institutions as a provider of professional leadership training. We offer a range of training and developmental programmes to help teachers transition into leadership and for leaders to develop their expertise at different levels. Our bespoke programme of coaching, mentoring and teacher training ensures that teachers who train with us are equipped with the latest evidence-based research, pedagogy and skills-sets to maximise the learning, progress and achievement of young people.

Supporting Schools to Improve is a collaborative partnership process with sharing, learning and developing being at the heart of a culture of self-sustaining improvement. Support can come in many guises whether it be intensive support from an experienced NLE or specialist and targeted support from SLEs or just sharing what works in different contexts from teachers and leaders who have been successful in their area of expertise.

We are pleased to take enquires and these should be made directly to Ashlawn School by using the email dixonl@ashlawn.org.uk or by telephone on 01788 573425.