Ark Castledown Primary Academy

Ark Castledown Primary Academy is a community primary school serving the children of Hastings. It is a 2-form entry school, with 60 pupils in each year group, from Nursery to Year 6. 

Ark Castledown Academy has recently joined the Ark network of schools and works closely with successful local primary schools Ark Blacklands Primary Academy and Ark Little Ridge Primary Academy, under a shared Regional Director with added opportunities of sharing best practice and professional development across the Ark network.

Our vision for our pupils is clear: we are working so that every child who attends Ark Castledown will be academically and socially equipped for success at secondary school -  and beyond that - to go on to university or the career of their choice. 

Our staff makes a tremendous effort to get to know each and every pupil individually, in order to provide the very best care they can for them.  

At Ark Castledown Primary Academy we have high expectations for all our pupils.  We are dedicated to doing whatever it takes to ensure that all of our pupils succeed. 

Curriculum 

Our curriculum places an emphasis and clear focus on English and mathematics.  Skills learnt in these subjects provide the foundations for all learning. There are also many other opportunities for students to explore and develop their other skills and talents. Our curriculum includes a broad range of enrichment activities such as humanities, music, PE, the arts and more.  

The Ark network 

Ark Castledown Primary Academy is part of Ark, an international charity transforming lives through education. Ark has 38 schools across the UK in Birmingham, Hastings, London and Portsmouth. Ark exists to give every young person, regardless of their background, a great education and real choices in life. Ark schools are all non-selective and in areas where they can make the biggest difference.  

Read more about Ark: http://arkonline.org/