Success for King’s Ely at Education Business Awards 2018

King’s Ely’s thriving Art Department has been recognised with a national award.

At the prestigious Education Business Awards Ceremony, held in St Paul’s London on July 5th, King’s Ely won the Art and Craft Award, and the school was ‘Commended’ in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) category.

Now in their 12th year, the Education Business Awards recognise schools for improving the standard of education and the life chances of their students, highlighting the vital work of educational professionals up and down the country.

The director of art at King’s Ely Senior, Alison Rhodes, was on hand to collect the award at the ceremony. She said: ‘We are all absolutely thrilled to have won the Art and Craft Award at this year’s Education Business Awards. This is a high-profile event where teachers and school staff from across the country come together to celebrate everything that educating young people is about. It was the perfect opportunity to celebrate the high-quality work that is being produced by the Art Department here at King’s Ely.’

The Art Department at King’s Ely is a thriving, inspiring environment where all students are encouraged to engage fully with the state-of-the-art facilities available. The Department specialises in Fashion and Textiles, Fine Art, Sculpture and Photography, and students realise ambitious outcomes, regularly achieving some of the highest exam marks in the country.

To discover more about opportunities at King’s Ely, please visit www.kingsely.org.