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Drapers' Academy
Gets Final
Go-Ahead |
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The Secretary of
State for
Children,
Schools and
Families, Ed
Balls, signed
the Funding
Agreement in
early December
2009 signalling
the
establishment of
Drapers' Academy
in Harold Hill.
It confirms that
the Academy will
come into being
on 1st September
2010, ready to
accept its first
students when
the Academy
opens for the
autumn term next
year.
"This marks a
big step forward
in the provision
of secondary
education for
the children of
Harold Hill,"
said Schools
Minister Vernon
Croakers. "We
are particularly
pleased to have
secured the
support of these
two sponsors.
The combination
of the Drapers'
company, with a
history of
supporting
education over
many centuries,
and Queen Mary
University of
London, one of
the country's
leading
universities,
promises to
bring really top
class education
to the area. The
specialisms of
this Academy -
mathematics and
science - will
help encourage
greater numbers
of students to
focus on these
subjects."
It is expected
that the
students of
King's Wood
School will
provide the core
of the Academy,
along with the
majority of the
teaching staff
at the school.
Matthew Slater,
who was recently
appointed as
Principal
(Designate) is
keen to
implement the
vision of the
Academy's
sponsors. "There
is a lot to be
done over the
next twelve
months", he
says, "but I am
looking forward
to implementing
the exciting
plans we have
for a top class
secondary school
in Harold Hill.
We are
determined to
make Drapers'
Academy into a
school which
will be a source
of pride to the
local
community." As
soon as the
Academy opens
its doors in
2010 work will
start on the
brand new
buildings which
the students and
staff will
occupy two years
later.
Everything will
be done in the
meantime to
ensure that as
little
disturbance as
possible for
them occurs
during the
school day. Over
the coming few
years the
Academy will
expand to its
full capacity of
1,100, including
200 sixth form
students.
Commenting on
the signing of
the Funding
Agreement by the
Secretary of
State, Adrian
Lyons, Chair of
the Drapers'
Academy Trust,
said, "We are
delighted Ed
Balls has given
his go ahead for
us to open the
Academy in
September next
year. From Day
one our core
purpose will be
to ensure that
all our students
achieve highly
and our key
priority will be
to provide an
environment
which excites,
motivates and
challenges them.
We have a great
partnership with
the London
Borough of
Havering, as
well as many on
Harold Hill,
particularly
those at King's
Wood School.
These
partnerships
have been the
key that has
allowed us to
make such
successful
progress." |
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| Election of Master and Wardens |
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Following
the
elections
by
the
Court
of
Assistants,
the
newly
elected
Master
and
Wardens
were
sworn
into
office
on
20
July
2010
prior
to
the
election
dinner
that
evening
at
which
they
were
ceremonially
crowned
in
one
of
the
Company’s
oldest
ceremonies.
Major
General
Adrian
Lyons
CBE
has
been
elected
Master
for
the
year
ensuing.
After
a
career
in
the
Army,
General
Lyons
was
Director
General
of
the
Railway
Forum,
the
railway
industry’s
think
tank
and
lobby
group,
from
2000
until
2006
since
when
he
pursued
a
variety
of
interests,
largely
transport
related.
General
Lyons
was
educated
at
Merchant
Taylors’
School,
enlisted
in
the
Army
in
1964
and
was
commissioned
through
Mons
Officer
Cadet
School
in
1966.
Initially,
he
served
in
the
Royal
Corps
of
Transport
but
transferred
to
the
Royal
Army
Ordnance
Corps
in
1972.
He
attended
Staff
College
in
1980.
In
contrast
to
his
first
15
years
in
the
Army
that
involved
travel
to
exotic
places,
his
subsequent
career
was
largely
confined
to
Whitehall
and
Andover
where
he
filled
a
number
of
staff
appointments
with
a
logistics
focus.
This
was
relieved
by
short
breaks
in
the
Falklands
(1983)
and
Hong
Kong
(1988-9).
He
worked
on
the
major
restructuring
of
the
Army’s
logistic
services
in
1990-1,
resulting
in
the
creation
of
the
Royal
Logistic
Corps
to
which
he
was
transferred
in
1993
subsequently
becoming
the
logistic
director
responsible
for
vehicles
and
spares
procurement.
He
was
appointed
CBE
in
this
appointment.
After
attendance
at
the
Royal
College
of
Defence
Studies
in
1995
he
was
the
Deputy
UK
Military
Representative
at
the
NATO
Headquarters
in
Brussels.
His
final
appointment
was
as
Director
General
Logistic
Support
(Army)
the
head
of
the
Royal
Logistic
Corps.
General
Lyons
also
has
been
Colonel
Commandant
of
the
Royal
Logistics
Corps
(2000-7),
Honorary
Colonel
of
168
Pioneer
Regiment
(2001-8)
and
President
of
the
Railway
Study
Association
(2004-5).
His
interests
include
travel,
music,
especially
opera,
and
collecting
coins
of
the
period
400AD-1100AD.
With
a
colleague
he
is
in
the
process
of
producing
a
three-part
series
on
the
coinage
of
Wessex
and
Mercia
in
the
late
ninth
century.
He
is a
council
member
of
the
British
Numismatic
Society.
Since
becoming
a
Draper
in
1995
he
has
been
Chairman
of
Governors
of
Bancroft’s
School
(2002-8)
and
is
currently
Chair
of
Governors
of
Drapers’
Academy,
a
city
academy
opening
in
2010.
General
Lyons
is
married
to
Rosemary,
an
artist
primarily
specialising
in
oils
and
watercolour.
They
have
one
daughter,
Grace
(15)
and
live
in
the
Vale
of
Pewsey,
Wiltshire.
The
four
Wardens
are:
Anthony
Walker
(Master
Warden);
Lady
Victoria
Leatham,
DL
(Second
Master
Warden);
Christian
Williams
(Renter
Warden);
and
William
Charnley
(Junior
Warden).
You
can
follow
the
Master's
blog
at
www.masterdraper.blogspot.com
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| Drapers’ Hall, Throgmorton Avenue, by Francis Farmar |
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| The Drapers’ Company is delighted to announce that it recently commissioned Liveryman, Francis Farmar to paint a watercolour depicting Drapers’ Hall. The resulting painting was unveiled to much acclaim at the Election Dinner in 2003.
The painting is characterised by Francis’s technique of using a bird’s-eye panorama, a technique that has a long tradition stretching back to the sixteenth century.
Limited edition glicée prints of this painting are now available for purchase. All prints are hand signed and numbered by the artist.
The Painting
With the exception of the buildings in the right hand foreground, all the buildings shown in detail in the painting comprise the island site bounded by Throgmorton Avenue, Throgmorton Street and Austin Friars that has been owned by the Drapers’ Company since 1543. The buildings include both Drapers’ Hall, with its courtyard and garden, and other late 19th century office buildings that are held as property investments.
The Artist
Francis Farmar has been a Liveryman of the Drapers’ Company since 1973. His father, Hugh Farmar, was Clerk to the Company from 1952 to 1973.
After training in Italy, then St. Martin’s College of Art London and the West of England College of Art, Francis abandoned painting for fifteen years, to work for the auctioneers Christie’s, becoming Director of the Modern British Picture department.
In 1986, Francis left London to live in Scotland and began painting again. He later moved his base to the Wiltshire/Dorset border from where he travels extensively abroad. He has had one-man exhibitions in London each year since 1992 and has also shown work at many mixed shows in the UK and abroad. Latterly many of his works have been paintings of houses and estates commissioned by private or corporate clients.
For further information about commissions and exhibitions, please refer to Francis’s website: www.francisfarmar.com
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Glicée Print Details
Size: 18" x 18"
Edition Copies: 250
Format: Unmounted
Medium: Limited edition glicée on paper
Price: £95.00
60% of the profits from the sale of the prints will go to the Company’s Gift and Legacy Fund.
For further enquiries and how you can purchase please
tel 020 7588 5001 or
email mail@thedrapers.co.uk
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