Sixth Form Team

Governor Link

• Steve Sayers
  Sixth Form Link Governor
  Steve Sayers

  Steve joined the Local Governing Board at Ashton Park in September 2019 as a parent governor. Beyond the obvious connection of his son attending the school, Steve has a professional interest in education. This developed from 2001 to 2010 through his work at Futurelab, an educational research organisation that explored the use of technology for learning. Since 2011, as the CEO of Windmill Hill City Farm, he has focused on the connection between education, social justice and personal wellbeing, and is keen to improve the access rate of students in South Bristol to higher education.

  Steve says "I would like to see Ashton Sixth as the first and best choice for school leavers across South Bristol offering a full range of curriculum choices, with results that stand alongside the best, and retaining the heart and care that it currently offers its students. I see my role as link governor as my contribution to achieving that aim."

Senior Leadership

• Rowena Hector
  Head of Sixth Form
  Rowena Hector

  Rowena is Assistant Headteacher and Head of Sixth Form. A psychology specialist, she has occupied a number of versatile leadership roles at schools in both Devon and Bristol including Head of Faculty and Deputy Head of Sixth Form. Rowena began her teaching career in 2008 and joined the senior leadership team at Ashton Park School in 2019. ￿

  Rowena is responsible for overseeing the achievements and progress of all students in years 12 and 13 as well as ensuring every student has a positive learning experience at Ashton Sixth. ￿Rowena is committed to the school's aim of providing an outstanding education and has exciting and dynamic plans for the future direction of the Sixth Form, and the students who are educated here.

• Louis Owen
  Deputy Head of Sixth Form
  Louis Owen

 Support Staff

• Tanya Thomas
  Sixth Form Administrator
  Tanya Thomas

  Tanya has worked at Ashton Park School since 2001, and for the past 16 years ￿she has worked for the sixth form. As the administrator, ￿Tanya is the first point of contact for both students and parents and there's nothing she doesn't know about all aspects of sixth form life!

• Kathy Jemmott
  Careers Advisor
  Kathy Jemmott

  Kathy has worked at Ashton Park School for over 13 years, initially starting in the sixth form as a Learning Support Assistant. For the past eight years Kathy has been responsible for all careers education, information & guidance throughout the school, including for Ashton Sixth.

  Kathy works with our students on a 1-1 basis to help them with decisions for their future and has an extensive knowledge of the careers industry as well as a Level 6 degree diploma in Careers.

• Kane Watt
  Learning Mentor
  Kane Watt

  Kane is a former student of Ashton Park School and joined the staff team as a teaching assistant in 2015. ￿

Sixth Form Tutors

• Neil Moon
  Neil Moon

• Sam Millard
  Sam Millard

• Amy Sims
  Amy Sims

  Amy Sims is one of our sixth form tutors and she has worked at Ashton Park as a teacher and Head of Faculty for 13 years. An experienced Business teacher, Amy leads Business Studies as well as Health and Social Care.

  Amy says, "Ashton Park Sixth form is a small sixth form were we focus on every student as an individual. We provide excellent support to students both academically and pastorally and we have had excellent results in Business and Health and Social Care.

  After successfully completing A Level Business Studies many of our students have gone onto study business related courses at university, such as finance or marketing related degrees or have pursued higher level apprenticeships in accountancy or business management.

  Likewise there have been many HSC students who have gone on to study courses such as nursing and midwifery or completed higher level apprenticeships within the NHS".

• Kate Miller
  Kate Miller

• Richard Turner
  Richard Turner

Associate Sixth Form Tutors

• Carrie Weisselberg
  Carrie Weisselberg

  Carrie is an experienced member of our team having joined Ashton Park School more than 20 years ago. She started at Ashton Park as an English teacher before moving over to teach Health and Social Care, which she loves teaching. Carrie is one of our associate sixth form tutors but also provides one-to-one mentoring support when needed. She lives in north Bristol with her family but has also spent a few years in the Netherlands.

  Carrie says "I love working at Ashton Sixth because it is a community where we all look out for each other and where we form strong and supportive relationships with our students. The smaller class sizes have resulted in HSC students achieving some excellent exam results, enabling them to progress onto vocational university courses, for example nursing, midwifery, social work and counselling, as well as Higher Level Apprenticeships in the NHS."

• Rebecca Wilson
  Rebecca Wilson

• Anita Reynolds
  Anita Reynolds

Sixth Form Mentors

• Amy Jenkin
  Amy Jenkin

• Phoebe Moss
  Phoebe Moss