Ashfield School is a secondary school with academy status located in Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England, which educates children ages 11–19. Ashfield has approximately 2,500 students, split into six houses – Trent, Chesterfield, Thoroton, Byron, Hargreaves and Coates. The six houses contain students from all year groups except those who are from the sixth form. The current headteacher of the school is Mr J. Maher, who replaced Mr Dick Vasey, after the latter became CEO of the Two Counties Trust, of which Ashfield School is a part.