Tag archives for Hastings Academy
Home Ed Soars in Hastings as Schools Falter
JAMES PRENTICE AND HUGH SULLIVAN School pupils returned to classrooms across Britain last week for the new academic year. In advance, Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson issued a national warning to…
Made in Miniature
DAVE YOUNG An estimated 900 enthusiastic visitors attended Hastings’ first model railway exhibition for five years. Held at Hastings Academy, the show presented both 0 and N gauge miniatures referencing…
HOCKEY: Saxon Men Clinch Title, Women on the Brink
The South Saxons men’s team have stormed to the Martlets league title for 2024-25 with two matches to spare. Defeating their closest challengers East Grinstead 3rds 3-1 away last Saturday,…
Government Acts over Hastings Schools Funding
ERIN WARD The Government has committed to abolishing the current Academy Schools’ funding model following the intervention of local MP Helena Dollimore in the House of Commons on 9 ;…
School Strike Threatened Over ‘Diversion’ of Funding
The University of Brighton Academies Trust (UBAT) has been accused of diverting excessive sums of money from two individual secondary schools which it governs, St Leonards Academy and the Hastings…
Artist Spotlight: Jake Bowers
Kizzy – 2022 Forged Steel Dave Young The artwork depicts Kizzy Lovell, the central character in Rumer Godden’s 1972 novel, The Diddakoi – described by sculptor Jake Bowers, “as defiant…
ARTS DIARY
ESOTERIC FILM FESTIVAL Watch out for the Hastings Rocks International Film Festival mid-April. It’s home to independent films that the organisers say “push boundaries across all genres, fiction or non-fictional.”…
They Can’t Have No Education
Hastings Academy expels 11 pupils after protest “disturbance” HUGH SULLIVAN Eleven pupils at the Hastings Academy have been “permanently excluded” from the school following their involvement in a protest demonstration…
Exclusions and Appeals
The University of Brighton Academies Trust, which is the governing body of the Hastings Academy, sets out its exclusion policy on its website as follows: “Where the academy’s approaches towards…
ARTS DIARY
Tasters St Leonards Ceramic Studio celebrates its first anniversary of work by students and members, having taught more than 300 people in courses, tasters and workshops. They are taking part…
School Subject: Covid Progress Report: Fair
Schools in Hastings and Rother apart from Hastings Academy have stayed generally open so far since the start of the autumn term, though some specific classes have been closed and…
Partially Closed School Turns Viral Test Site
Hastings Academy, one of the three secondary schools serving the borough, closed its gates to most pupils for two weeks from last Wednesday after at least five of them tested…
Hastings Year Nines Get A Taste Of The High Life
By Dan Matthews On Wednesday 5th June, almost 120 year nine pupils from Hastings and St Leonards commuted to Canary Wharf in London for a unique careers experience arranged by…
Think Big, Act Local
North-east Hastings is not an obviously distinct neighbourhood. With a population of around 8,000 residents, it ranges from Down Farm and Red Lake at the north end to the streets…
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,…
Hastings Academy students’ fun fashion and refreshments find funds for MIND
By Andrew Everest Students at Hastings Academy have used a fun fashion day, and a dash of enterprise, to raise funds for the school’s chosen cause, the mental health charity…
Table-tennis in Hastings: Enjoying a low profile
Back in the days when wooden bats came with rubber pimples, table-tennis was seen as the universal sport for youth. Tables were set up typically in youth clubs and church…