{"id":103,"date":"2026-06-25T07:06:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T07:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uk2.demomeapp.com\/thearkv1\/?page_id=103"},"modified":"2026-08-07T06:50:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T06:50:41","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uk2.demomeapp.com\/thearkv1\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"col-lg-12 text-center mb-2\"><h2 class=\"sec-title\">About The Ark Specialist College<\/h2>\r\n      \r\n        <p>The Ark Specialist College was founded by a Chartered and Registered Psychologist with more than 20 years of therapeutic experience, alongside experienced Care Directors with a combined 45 years of successfully operating Ofsted-registered children&#8217;s homes.<\/p> <\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-6\" data-aos=\"fade-right\">\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"about-visual\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uk2.demomeapp.com\/thearkv1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1c.png\" class=\"img-fluid about-img wp-post-image\" alt=\"About Us\"\/><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-6\" data-aos=\"fade-left\" data-aos-delay=\"100\"><p>\r\n            The college was established in response to a recognised gap in high-quality specialist provision for young people with additional needs. Its leadership brings extensive experience in safeguarding, therapeutic intervention, person-centred support and transitional care, creating a strong foundation for a specialist educational environment.\r\n        <\/p><p>\r\n            This expertise has been carefully transferred into a college setting where learning is supported by a wider understanding of each individual&#8217;s emotional, sensory, communication and developmental needs. Learners benefit from a joined-up, supportive environment designed to promote safety, stability, confidence and meaningful progress.\r\n        <\/p>\r\n\r\n        <p>\r\n            The Ark Specialist College also recognises the challenges families and individuals can face when searching for suitable post-16 provision. The college has been developed to provide a compassionate, knowledgeable and clinically informed approach that supports every learner in preparing for a fulfilling adult life.\r\n        <\/p>       \r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>      \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n       \r\n       ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"About The Ark Specialist College The Ark Specialist College was founded by a Chartered and Registered Psychologist with more than 20 years of therapeutic experience, alongside experienced Care Directors with a combined 45 years of successfully operating Ofsted-registered children&#8217;s homes. The college was established in response to a recognised gap in high-quality specialist provision for [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":201,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-parts\/about.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-103","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uk2.demomeapp.com\/thearkv1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uk2.demomeapp.com\/thearkv1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uk2.demomeapp.com\/thearkv1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uk2.demomeapp.com\/thearkv1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uk2.demomeapp.com\/thearkv1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103"}],"version-history":[{"count":59,"href":"https:\/\/uk2.demomeapp.com\/thearkv1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":505,"href":"https:\/\/uk2.demomeapp.com\/thearkv1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103\/revisions\/505"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uk2.demomeapp.com\/thearkv1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uk2.demomeapp.com\/thearkv1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}