A MESSAGE from the Headmaster and Chairman of the AKS Lytham Foundation

A community is the sum of the stories it tells. And, what is important is that the stories continue to be written; that the chapters unfurl but that there is always more to come.

Through a combined three centuries at our heritage schools, we have had more stories than most, and these are increasingly set in the context of an ever more challenging world. Across the Fylde coast, throughout Lancashire and beyond, individuals and families are facing the realities of a difficult economic situation, exacerbated by the lingering effects of COVID and spiralling household costs.

The strapline of our school is ‘Change your world’: our hope is that our students will leave us with the ability and inclination to change their worlds for themselves and others. Our heritage schools shared a fundamental moral purpose of providing educational opportunities for children in the area, combining academic rigour and character education with a spirit of service within their communities and beyond, a core thread that runs through the school as it is now.

With our Bursary Appeal, we wish to focus support on those individuals across our community, continuing the mission of the heritage schools in making a real, sustained and tangible difference for young people. There are many individuals who would benefit from the exciting, globally-minded education we seek to offer, whose presence would enormously enrich the school community. It is a full circle back to the core purpose of our schools, and of education itself.

We are thrilled to invite you to join us in penning this exciting, latest chapter and, through supporting our Foundation, to help set the scene for the stories ahead.

David Harrow, Headmaster

Chris Dickson, Chairman of the AKS Lytham Foundation