What are specialist schools?
The specialist schools programme:
- Helps schools, in partnership with private sector sponsors, to develop individual identities through their chosen specialist area
- Achieve targets to raise standards.
Additional government funding supports the programme.
Any maintained secondary school in England can apply to be designated as a specialist school in one of ten areas:
- Arts
- Business and enterprise
- Engineering
- Humanities
- Language
- Mathematics and computing
- Music
- Science
- Sports
- Technology.
Schools can also combine any two specialisms.
Specialist schools in North Lincolnshire
There are 14 schools operating as specialist schools in North Lincolnshire. These are:
- North Axholme School - a specialist media arts college
- Baysgarth School - a specialist technology college
- Brumby Engineering College
- ftc - performing arts, maths & computing college
- Frederick Gough School - a specialist language college
- High Ridge School Specialist Sports College
- Huntcliff School - a specialist college for engineering & technology
- Melior Community College for Business, Enterprise & the Arts (formerly Thomas Sumpter and South Leys Secondary Schools)
- St Bede's Catholic School - a specialist mathematics and computing college
- Sir John Nelthorpe School - a specialist technology college for science, mathematics and computing
- St Hugh's - a specialist communication and interaction college
- South Axholme Community School - an arts technology college
- Vale of Ancholme Technology College
- Winterton Comprehensive School with specialist status in engineering