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Our Specialisms
As an 11-16 comprehensive school we are proud to be recognised as a ‘high performing specialist school’. We have five specialisms. The school was one of the first in the country to become a Technology College in 1995. Following our success as a Beacon School in the late 1990s, we became the lead school in our Leading Edge Partnership. In 2004, we successfully applied to become a designated Training School. In 2006 and 2007 we achieved two more additional specialisms: Arts and Applied Learning.
High Performing Specialist School
As a ‘high performing specialist school’ we are committed to raising achievement and improving our learners’ life chances. Our three subject specialisms, Technology, Arts and Applied Learning, are designed to... >>Read more
Technology
As a Technology College we have pioneered developments in the three specialist subjects: Design and Technology, Maths and Science. However, since 1995, we have used our status as a specialist school for Technology... >>Read more
Arts
Following consultation with pupils, staff, parents and governors in 2005-06, we chose to complement our curriculum as a Technology College by selecting Arts as our second subject specialism... >>Read more
Applied Learning
Within our original Leading Edge Partnership (2003) we made a commitment to developing our vocational provision. It was within this context that we initiated ‘The South Cotswold Partnership’. This partnership has grown... >>Read more
Training School
Our original plan as a Training School in 2004 focused on nine key strands and reflected our role as a ‘learning institution’. As an accredited Investor in People for over fifteen years we have continued to build... >>Read more
Leading Edge
As the lead school within our Leading Edge Partnership we have pioneered developments in the following three areas: new technologies, 14-19 and learner voice. We have recently negotiated a new action plan with... >>Read more
