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School Funding and Assets
By Graham Street In her excellent article on the Ark takeover of William Parker and its proposed amalgamation with Helenswood School, Maria Cooke asked where the £6 million that they…
Survey Results
Proposal to bring together Helenswood Academy and William Parker Academy ‘as a co-educational school with a strong emphasis on the performing arts and sports’ starting, from September 2019. School to…
Ark Merger: Opinion Split
Following a six-week consultation process reviewing the proposal to merge Ark William Parker and Ark Helenswood Academies, the Ark company has released results of an online and paper-based survey conducted…
No to the Merger
By Maria Cooke I had been a member of staff at William Parker School for 11 years when Ark took over, but stayed only six months under the incoming regime.…
Mixed Message From Ark
Single Sex Education Set To End In Hastings Ark is an education charity that, according to its mission statement, “exists to make sure that all children, regardless of their background,…
Captive Market
By Graham Street In the last decade all but one of Hastings’ schools has been converted into an academy. The policy of local authority (LA) governed schools turning into state…
ARK financial woes predicted by parents
BY KENT BARKER Hastings parents have said they are ‘unsurprised’ at the financial difficulties facing the Ark Academies group. The multi-academy trust (MAT) which runs five Hastings schools, posted a…