Ambridge Extra from 4 October 2011 at 2.15pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays. It was produced by Sara Conkey and Rosie Boulton. "Ambridge Extra" was recommissioned for a third series, which began airing from 3 July 2012. A fourth series was broadcast from 4 December 2012. When the fifth series of "Ambridge Extra" began on 2 July 2013, there was much criticism over key scenes appearing in the show rather than "The Archers". On 30 January 2014, it was confirmed that "Ambridge Extra" would not be returning for a sixth series and was going to be "rested". Anita Singh from "The Daily Telegraph"
Ambridge Area School District Education failed to take any action to remediate these poorly performing schools to raise student academic achievement or to provide them with targeted professional assistance. The schools were: Ambridge Area High School, Ambridge Area Junior High School and Highland Elementary School. Ambridge Area School District declined further to ranked 334th out of 494 Pennsylvania school districts in 2016 by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The ranking is based on the last 3 years of student academic achievement as demonstrated by PSSAs results in: reading, writing, math and science and the three Keystone Exams (literature, Algebra 1, Biology I) in high school.