Blackheath Bluecoat gets specialist school status (From News Shopper)
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Blackheath Bluecoat gets specialist school status
4:47pm Friday 27th June 2008 in
A SCHOOL has become a specialist in maths and computing.
Blackheath Bluecoat CE School in Old Dover Road, Blackheath, will now receive £100,000 in extra Government funding to improve its facilities, develop its curriculum and share expertise with other schools.
It will now also work with the council's training scheme Greenwich Local Labour and Business to develop an adult learning centre specialising in computing industry courses.
To be given the status, the 1,000 pupil school had to raise £50,000 in sponsorship and draw up plans to raise standards and encourage take-up in its specialist subjects.
Interim headteacher Steve Dobson said: "This is an exciting opportunity to transform the teaching and learning within the school and develop our resources with state of the art facilities to benefit our pupils."
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Blackheath Bluecoat's interim headteacher, Steve Dobson
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