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GREASE ACADEMY

Deep in the heart of Essex, there’s a school with a difference. A school where hands-on creativity is nurtured, skills learned and honed, kinships bonded and futures forged.

And from this remarkable institute of learning, and its equally remarkable students, comes the forthright Focus you see here – acar that started life as a humble TDCi, but now finds itself comprehensively reimagined by a troop of budding mechanics who won’t take ‘that sounds a bit tricky’ for an answer.

Seasoned Ford enthusiast Ade Maddock is the man behind the scenes, and he takes us through the story: “I work at Rallysport Engineering Academy, which is an alternative education establishment dealing with students who struggle at school.

“This can be for various reasons such as autism, ADHD and behavioural issues; we try to give them help and encouragement and teach them some basic

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