The school offers a wide range of academic subjects and in 2016 introduced an accelerated curriculum and enrichment program (ACE).

In November 2019, the curriculum has expanded to include an extensive arts program.

[2][3] In 2010, the school was subject to an arson that caused $3.8 million worth of damage to the VCE wing of the building.

[7] In 2021, Ashwood High School received another grant from the Victorian Government to build a dedicated STEAM centre,[8] designed for forthcoming STEAM subjects that are intended to contribute to the growth of the school.

[citation needed] The School uses a house system to group students, based on colours and the historic people on the Australian banknotes for $10 (AB 'Banjo' Paterson) $20 (John Flynn), $50 (Edith Cowan) and $100 (Dame Nellie Melba).