Ashfield College
Private 5th and 6th year school, Dundrum, Dublin, Ireland
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Ashfield College is a private post-primary school located in Dundrum in Dublin, Ireland. Originally founded in 1977,[2] the school was previously based in Templeogue.[3]
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Sandyford Road, Dundrum, Dublin Ireland | |
| Coordinates | 53.2866°N 6.2395°W |
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| Type | Private |
| Established | 1977 |
| Principal | Louise Heeran Flynn[citation needed] |
| Teaching staff | 16[citation needed] |
| Grades | 5th and 6th year |
| Owner | City Education Group[1] |
| Website | www |
Ashfield College offers preparation for the Leaving Certificate examination, both as a two-year leaving certificate senior cycle, but also as a one-year (Repeat Leaving Cert.) programme.[4] The school also caters for overseas students wishing to study in Ireland for the Irish leaving certificate.[5] 21 Leaving Certificate subjects are taught at the school, and students can access course material, including recorded lectures online.[6] As well as more common subjects for the Leaving Cert, some less common leaving cert subjects of Arabic,[7] Agricultural Science and Classical Studies are also available at Ashfield.[8] The school offers a career guidance[9] service to students with advice on academic and career issues, such as advice on completing the Irish CAO[10] college application process or the UK UCAS system.[citation needed]
The school also provides tuition programmes at weekends and in the evenings for students sitting the Leaving Certificate and Junior Certificate, also during mid-term, Christmas[11] and Easter school holidays intense revision courses are available.[12][2] Before the start of the school year, there is a Pre-Leaving Cert preparation course run, this is a week where students can enroll to improve their ability in a subject or subjects which they will be studying for in the leaving cert.[13] The college also offers grinds in some Junior Certificate subjects, such as English, Irish and Mathematics.[14]
A "Christmas Intensive Revision Course", for Leaving and Junior Cert, takes place in the first week of January.[15] An "Easter Revision" exam preparation course take place over the Easter school holidays.[16][promotional source?]
Ashfield College also offers a number of adult education courses.[citation needed]
See also
Further reading
- Kearns, Martha (28 August 2011). "Ashfield to reopen under new owner". Sunday Business Post.
- Crawford, Caroline (11 August 2009). "College opens". Evening Herald.