Ashfield College is a private post-primary school founded in 1977 and located in Dundrum in Dublin, Ireland.[1] The school 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.[2] The school also caters for overseas students wishing to study in Ireland for the Irish leaving certificate.[3] Twenty one leaving certificate subjects are taught at the school, and the school uses e-learning facilities (such as Moodle[4]), and students can access course material, including recorded lectures online.[5] As well as the popular subjects for the leaving cert some less common leaving cert subjects of Arabic,[6] Agricultural Science and Classical Studies are also available at Ashfield.[7] The school offers a career guidance[8] service to students with advice on academic and career issues, such as advice on completing the Irish CAO[9] college application process or the UK UCAS system.
| Ashfield College | |
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Sandyford Road, Dundrum, Dublin Ireland | |
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| Type | Private |
| Established | 1977 |
| Principal | Louise Heeran Flynn |
| Teaching staff | 16 |
| Grades | 5th and 6th year |
| Number of students | 250 |
| Website | www |
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[10] and Easter school holidays intense revision courses are available.[11][12] Before 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]
The Christmas Intensive Revision Course for Leaving and Junior Cert. takes place in the first week of January.[15] The Easter Revision exam preparation course take place over the Easter school holidays.[16] Prior to the Leaving Cert exams a final revision course and exam workshop is available usually held in the last week of May.[citation needed]
Adult education
editAshfield College also offers a number of adult education course, such as Irish for primary school teaching. Ashfield has also hosted some courses run by the College of Progressive Education.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ Ashfield College Profile Night Courses Website
- ^ To repeat or not to repeat By Katherine Donnelly, Irish Independent, Wednesday 17 August 2011.
- ^ Prospectus 2011-2012 www.issuu.com
- ^ Ashfield College moodle
- ^ Ashfield College Profile Learning Pipe.
- ^ Ashfield College Arabic Leaving Cert Course www.islaminireland.com 30 August 2011.
- ^ Classical Studies at Ashfield College Archived 31 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine Dublin's Evening Classes.
- ^ Ashfield College Career Guidance
- ^ The key factors when repeating the Leaving[permanent dead link] By Chris Pillow and Gerard Kiely, Sunday Business Post, 22 August 2004.
- ^ "Christmas Revision Course". Archived from the original on 28 March 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
- ^ Do your homework on grind options[permanent dead link] By Nicole Matthews and Emma Kennedy, Sunday Business Post, 13 August 2006.
- ^ Grinds Schools Archived 26 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine www.skoool.ie
- ^ Repeating the Leaving Cert - Philip Curry talks to Lynsey Dolan[permanent dead link] Dublin's Talking, Sunshine Radio 106.8FM, 17 August 2011.
- ^ Evening and Weekend Grinds Ashfield College Website.
- ^ Christmas Revision Programmes www.irishpressreleases.ie
- ^ Ashfield College announces Easter Exam preparation programme Archived 4 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine Posted by TalentBase News on 21 February 2012 @ 23:16