Council working with academy trust to help families at fire-struck school

Our thanks as always go West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service for dealing with the blaze at Selsey Academy so promptly and efficiently and to all our partners who helped them, including Hampshire Fire and Rescue, Red Cross volunteers and the local community who did so much to support firefighters and staff with donations of food and water. “This was an extensive fire and we know that the level of damage has yet to be properly assessed, although we anticipate it will be severe.

“We will be working with the headteacher at Selsey Academy and the Kenmal Academies Trust to support pupils, parents and staff. Our top priority will be ensuring that pupils and parents to know where they will be based from the start of the new school term in September.”