The Hastings Academy

University of Brighton

The University of Brighton is the lead sponsor. It is an expert in education with experience of working with the community of Hastings and St Leonards.

The university has also been a partner of Sussex Coast College Hastings (formerly Hastings College of Arts and Technology) for more than twenty years and has been involved in developing programmes with the academies’ predecessor schools to make sure that all students have access to further and higher education.

BT

The two co–sponsors are BT and East Sussex County Council (ESCC). BT is one of the world’s leading communication providers and operates in 170 countries.

BT will create links between the academies and working life and make sure that the students learn the social and business skills they will need to be successful at work.

ESCC

ESCC is the top performing county council in England, with a strong record of improving educational standards. It will make sure that a world – class educational structure is created in Hastings and St Leonards as part of its commitment to community regeneration across the whole of the county.