The Specialist Schools Programme helps schools to establish distinctive identities through their chosen specialisms and achieve their targets to raise standards. Specialist schools have a special focus on those subjects relating to their chosen specialism but must also meet the National Curriculum requirements and deliver a broad and balanced education to all pupils.
Maintained secondary schools in England can apply for specialist status in one of ten specialisms: arts, business & enterprise, engineering, humanities, languages, mathematics & computing, music, science, sports and technology. They will then be assessed according to the DfES Specialist School criteria and if successful awarded accreditation. Schools can also combine any two specialisms.
Hounslow’s Schools currently with this status:
- Chiswick Community College (Technology)
- Cranford Community College (Language)
- Feltham Community College (Sport)
- Gumley House (Business and Enterprise)
- Gunnersbury (Science)
- Heathland School (Science)
- Heston Community (Visual Arts)
- Isleworth & Syon School for Boys (Sports)
- Lampton School (Humanities)
- Longford Community (Business and Enterprise)
- St. Mark's Catholic School (Technology)
- The Green School (Science)
- Marjory Kinnon Special School has been given 'special trail-blazer' status with specialisms in cognition and learning
- To find out further information about the Specialist School Status as awarded by the DfES please visit: http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/specialistschools/
The Specialist Schools Trust works to give practical support to the transformation of secondary education in England by building and enabling a world-class network of innovative, high performing secondary schools in partnership with business and the wider community. To find out more please visit http://www.specialistschools.org.uk/