Harton Technology College is in our community and we would like to keep it that way. We want this secondary school to remain part of the local community where parents, staff, students and governor can be involved. Once it's gone, it's gone forever!

We started this petition as part of our campaign to persuade the Governors of the school not to agree to it becoming an academy. A really big response from the wider community would send a strong message to the Governors that we want to protect and support this school as a local community school. We have won the campaign to stop several other schools in the borough becoming academies by informing parents and the wider community, and by lobbying the Governors. So we can win this campaign too!