Ashdown Technology College

Magna Academy is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in the Canford Heath area of Poole, Dorset, England. It was first opened as Ashdown School on 7 July 1989 following the merger of Ashley Cross Girls School and Seldown Boys School. In 2001 it became Ashdown Technology College after being awarded specialist status in technology. The school converted to academy status on 1 September 2013 and was renamed Magna Academy. HistoryConstruction and openingThe construction of Ashdown School began in 1986 in a large field in Canford Heath, Poole, Dorset. The new secondary school would be the result of two closing schools, Seldown Boys School and Ashley Cross Girls School, fusing together. The name Ashdown is a combination of the school's names. During construction, a time capsule was placed somewhere within the brick walls, the capsule being removed from its previous location in Seldown Boys School. Fifty ash trees were planted around the border of the school's field, to represent the school's new name. However, deliberately started fires have destroyed some of the trees, the most recently in 2003. A collage was made from drawings of the original two schools, that hangs in the entrance of the school.

Magna Academy is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in the Canford Heath area of Poole, Dorset, England. It was first opened as Ashdown School on 7 July 1989 following the merger of Ashley Cross Girls School and Seldown Boys School. In 2001 it became Ashdown Technology College after being awarded specialist status in technology. The school converted to academy status on 1 September 2013 and was renamed Magna Academy. HistoryConstruction and openingThe construction of Ashdown School began in 1986 in a large field in Canford Heath, Poole, Dorset. The new secondary school would be the result of two closing schools, Seldown Boys School and Ashley Cross Girls School, fusing together. The name Ashdown is a combination of the school's names. During construction, a time capsule was placed somewhere within the brick walls, the capsule being removed from its previous location in Seldown Boys School. Fifty ash trees were planted around the border of the school's field, to represent the school's new name. However, deliberately started fires have destroyed some of the trees, the most recently in 2003. A collage was made from drawings of the original two schools, that hangs in the entrance of the school.