The School Spotlight Blog is Five Today, so as a celebration we are casting the Spotlight onto one of Schools Plus flagship partner Schools in Ark Globe Academy.
The beautiful and modern Ark Globe Academy is an all through-School located in the heart of Elephant and Castle in the Southwark borough of London. With such a prime location Globe Academy is a very popular booking for Schools Plus customers, providing the community with the chance to book, hire and enjoy high class facilitates in a busy area of the capital.
The responsibility of looking after such a busy and respected venue falls to our talented venue manager Robert Sladden, who was kind enough to provide us with a quick overview of the Academy:
We have a great team here and many long standing customers who enjoy the full benefits of the schools facilities. Located only a few minutes walk from Elephant and Castle station and Borough Station, the Academy is a very busy site with many different spaces perfect for all kinds of activities. A brand new state of the art astro turf went in two years ago, we have a large sports hall and three big halls as well as classrooms. The Pentagon Hall is an original 1950’s building that has hosted many events over the years and is always a talking point. We are busy all week with sports, meetings, classes and at the weekend many worship groups take use of our spaces.
After Robert’s highlighting of the Pentagon Hall it seems a good time to take a closer look at the historic and popular venue. Combing 1950’s architecture with modern seating and stage design, the Hall is truly one of a kind. With space for up to 300 people the Pentagon Hall has hosted a wide variety of events and customers through Schools Plus including Weddings, Worship groups, Drama rehearsals and performances.
Switching from one of the oldest facilites to the newest, Ark Globe Academy have recently had a state of the art 3G astro turf installed on campus. This supreme sporting venue is perfectly suited for football games, either 7-aside or 5-aside. We have a great mix of mini-league, training sessions and friendly bookings that regularly use the pitch.
Another great place for active bookings at Ark Globe is the bright and modern Sports Hall. This spacious venue has room for up to 350 people, meaning a huge variety of community sports teams and clubs frequently make use of it. The Sports Hall has markings and equipment to handle a wide variety of Sports including Badminton, Netball, Table Tennis, Basketball and lots more.
If you were looking for a more casual booking for any sort of formal or informal gathering, then the Commons Hall is Ark Globe Academy’s most suitable venue. This Hall is a smaller alternative to the Pentagon Hall, however it is also a brighter space with projector use and retractable walls.
We hope this preview into Schools Plus life at Ark Globe Academy has let you see why the Academy is so important to us. With other facilities available as well, such as top-class classrooms, the Academy remains a very busy and popular venue. If you’d like to take a look at all they have to offer, please visit – Ark Globe Academy
Alternatively if you are ready to make a booking please contact us, either by phone on 0345 222 2323 or on email at enquires@schoolsplus.co.uk
If you want to find our more information about the School itself please visit their website here.