Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor David Nightingale has congratulated Brompton Academy on achieving national recognition for its arts provision.
The Gillingham-based Academy is the only school in Kent – and one of only three in the country – to be awarded an Artsmark Platinum award.
Artsmark awards celebrate schools that champion the arts and strive for excellence in their provision.
As well as recognising schools that make the arts come alive, the Artsmark award is described as ‘a useful, practical and valuable tool for enriching a school’s arts provision and ensuring the myriad of benefits brought by the arts are infused across the curriculum and the school community’.
The University was Lead Sponsor in Brompton Academy’s bid for academy status and David Nightingale is its Chair of Governors.
He said: ‘This is excellent news and I congratulate all staff and students at Brompton Academy. The school has long championed the arts across its curriculum and this Award is provides welcome national recognition of its achievement.’