The Ashley School
School Name: The Ashley School Address: Ashley Downs Town/City: Lowestoft County: SUFFOLK Postcode: NR32 4EU Telephone Number: 01502 565439 Website: www.ashleyschool.co.uk
Phase: Ages 7-16 Type: Academy special converter Religious Denomination: None Admissions Policy: Non-selective Established: 2011 Trust: The Ashley School Academy Trust
Headteacher: Mr Thomas Ward
Capacity: 192
Gender: Mixed
Boarders: Yes
The following details are from a census on 15 January 2026:
Number of pupils: 203 (58% boys & 42% girls)
Enrollment: 106% of capacity
Free school meal eligibility: 56.7%
- MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
URN: 137459
DfE Number: 935/7003
UKPRN: 10035025
UPRN: 100091403400
Region: East of England (E12000006)
District: East Suffolk (E07000244)
Constituency: Lowestoft (E14001344)
Electoral Ward: Harbour & Normanston (E05012745)
Easting & Northing: 654198E, 294489N
Latitude & Longitude: 52° 29' 22.8" N 1° 44' 34.97" E
Plus Code: 9F43FPQV+V6
DfE Record: View record
- Include Suffolk (0.0km)
- Poplars Community Primary School (0.2km)
- Northfield St Nicholas Primary Academy (0.4km)
- Ormiston Denes Academy (0.4km)
- St Margaret's Primary Academy (0.5km)
- Horizon School (0.7km)
- East Coast College (0.7km)
- Roman Hill Primary School (1.1km)
- Learning Support, Northern Area Education Office (1.1km)
- Benjamin Britten Academy of Music and Mathematics (1.2km)
Predecessor school†
- Mr Pete Bloomfield - Member. Appointed on 17 April 2026 (Appointed by academy members).
- Mr Justin Alec Brown - Trustee. Appointed on 9 December 2024 (Appointed by academy members). Term runs until 8 December 2028.
- Ms Jane Elizabeth Budge - Trustee. Appointed on 17 March 2026 (Appointed by trustees). Term runs until 16 March 2030.
- Mrs Dawn Marie Carman-Jones - Trustee. Appointed on 1 April 2026 (Appointed by trustees). Term runs until 31 March 2030.
- Ms Charlotte Edwards - Member. Appointed on 12 December 2019 (Appointed by academy members).
- Mrs Tina Doris Ellis - Member. Appointed on 12 July 2022 (Appointed by academy members).
- Mr Graham Arthur Evans - Trustee. Appointed on 1 December 2025 (Appointed by trustees). Term runs until 30 November 2029.
- Mr D G Gowen - Chair of Trustees. Appointed on 1 December 2025 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 30 November 2026.
- Mr Dale Gowen - Trustee. Appointed on 30 September 2023 (Appointed by academy members). Term runs until 29 September 2027.
- Ms Hilary June Horton - Trustee. Appointed on 21 March 2022 (Appointed by academy members). Term runs until 7 November 2025.
- Mr Kevin Lee - Trustee. Appointed on 19 January 2026 (Appointed by academy members). Term runs until 18 January 2030.
- Mr Roger Legate - Trustee. Appointed on 13 July 2023 (Appointed by academy members). Term runs until 7 November 2025.
- Ms Sadie Lofthouse - Trustee. Appointed on 16 July 2024 (Appointed by academy members). Term runs until 15 July 2028.
- Miss Sarah Jane Long - Chief Financial Officer. Appointed on 1 May 2025.
- Mr Peter David Marshall - Trustee. Appointed on 21 March 2022 (Appointed by academy members). Term runs until 17 November 2025.
- Mr Torsten McKie - Trustee. Appointed on 1 September 2022 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 31 August 2026.
- Mr Simon John Oxenham - Member. Appointed on 13 August 2018 (Appointed by academy members).
- Mr James Francis Reeder - Trustee. Appointed on 9 December 2024 (Appointed by academy members). Term runs until 8 December 2028.
- Mrs Andrea Jane Ryan - Governance Professional - Single-Academy Trust (SAT). Appointed on 1 September 2025.
- Mrs Rebecca Louise Southernwood - Trustee. Appointed on 1 December 2025 (Elected by parents). Term runs until 30 November 2029.
- Mr Thomas David Ward - Accounting Officer. Appointed on 18 April 2023.
- Mr Thomas David Ward - Trustee. Appointed on 17 April 2023 (Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal).