Ashton International College Ballito
Education in Ballito

We pride ourselves on combining the excitement and innovation of a relatively new concept in education, by offering both the IEB and Cambridge curriculi with an emphasis on old fashioned values such as discipline and good manners.
Ashton International College Ballito aspires to foster a sense of belonging to a caring family.

Situated in the heart of Ballito, Kwa-Zulu Natal, Ashton strives for academic, sport and cultural excellence. We provide a family environment with traditional morals and values. It is our sense of commitment that we strive to unlock the potential that lies within every student, producing well rounded young adults that will one day, make a difference. The Grace Wing is sheltered within the Ashlings Early Learning Centre at Ashton College, serving children on the Autism Spectrum and related disorders. Our trans-disciplinary team makes use of an eclectic blend of international best practice in autism specific curriculum delivery and therapy to support our students’ journey into inclusive, mainstream education. At Ashton, we believe that every child has the potential to achieve and the right to an education. We understand that each student has a distinctive learning style and the Grace Wing strives to provide a structured, nurturing environment uniquely suited to the learning strengths of our students, whilst giving our students both the skills they need to thrive in a mainstream classroom as well as the opportunity to do so at each student’s pace. We know that students of the Grace Wing learn at different rates in different areas. As our students master skills in each learning area they are rotated into a mainstream class of their peers and rotated back into the Grace Wing classrooms for the learning areas where more individualised support is required. As our students become more proficient in additional learning areas, more time is spent in mainstream classes with the long term goal being full time inclusion in Ashton College. Eclectic blend of international best practice in autism intervention and curriculum delivery. Weekly individual and group occupational therapy, including sensory integration. Central to our existence as a school is the belief that we find our identity in Christ and celebrate every member of our school family as sons and daughters of a living God. The DNA strand of educational excellence in academics continues to thrive and multiply in the Junior College. This is the seventh year that our Grade 6 students have written the external Cambridge Primary Checkpoint examinations which develop student skills and understanding in their primary years in English, Mathematics and Science. The Cambridge Primary curriculum also provides an excellent preparation and platform for the IGCSE’s in the Senior College and sets clear learning objectives for the three subjects mentioned. We have found the Cambridge Primary programme to be compatible with other curricula and right from Grade 3, we are enjoying ongoing success in dovetailing our National curriculum with Cambridge thinking. The Reggio approach is an educational philosophy focused on human potential, active learning, research, innovation, creativity and exploration. It promotes the premise that all children are able to learn through the development of thinking, project-based learning and collaboration. The brand of sport being introduced at the Foundation phase is being nurtured and developed to grow competitive young sportsmen and women in the higher grades who bring honour to our school, but always in the spirit and love of the game. On the cultural front, every student is able to showcase their creativity and talent as we annually stage musicals where maximum participation is encouraged. Our wonderful mums ensure every child looks the part and certainly contribute to the spectacular success of the shows. Against a background in our country where there is so much need, we will always desire for our students to continually acknowledge their privilege and gain a better understanding of diversity, service and social responsibility. We invite you to come and experience the great privilege of what it means to be a part of our Ashton family.