"The values and ethos of Human Scale Education are central in ensuring that we equip our school students and our schools for the 21st century."

Professor Tim Brighouse
Human Scale Education patron

 

Small Schools - Big Future

Schools Involved

DfES figures show that the average secondary school size has increased from 720 to 960 between 1990 and 2003.

Although these average figures conceal wide variation between schools, in 2005 nearly 10 per cent of secondary schools in England had 1,500 pupils or more on roll.

The Project schools

School
Location
No of Pupils
 Artists in Schools Bolton, Bury and Rochdale LAs  
 Abbeydale Grange School Sheffield          620
 Allerton Grange School Leeds
1,800
 Astley Sports College Tameside, East Manchester          850
 Brislington Enterprise College Bristol
1,489
 Burlington Danes School London       1,200
 Chorlton High School  South Manchester        1,400
 Christ's College  Guildford          517
 Coombeshead College  South Devon       1,600
 Cramlington Community High  Newcastle upon Tyne       1,600
 Didcot Girls School Oxfordshire       1,400
 Farnley Park High School  Leeds        840
 Freebrough Specialist Engineering College East Cleveland          900
 Glossopdale Community College Derbyshire
1,800
 Hartsdown Technology College Kent       1,200
 Haybridge High School & VI Form  Hagley, Worcs       1,100
 Holyhead School  Handsworth, Birmingham       1000
 Hove Park Language College Hove, East Sussex         1,750 
 Hugh Christie Technology College Tonbridge
1,100
 Lister Community School  London       1,300
 Montgomery High School Blackpool
1,390
 The Netherhall School  Cambridge       1.380 
 Northampton School for Girls  Northampton       1,700
 St John's School & Community College   Marlborough       1,500
 Somervale School  Midsomer Norton, Bath          720
 Springwell Community School  N E Derbyshire          950
 Stanley Park High School  Surrey          900
 The Thomas Lord Audley School Colchester       1000
 Tideway School  Newhaven, East Sussex         650
 Trinity School  Carlisle       1,850
 Varndean School Brighton, East Sussex        1,220
 Walker Technology College Newcastle-upon-Tyne         1,200 
 The Westlands School Kent
1,600
 Wilsthorpe Business and Enterprise College Derby
  1,000+
 Woodlands School  Basildon      1,500

  

Mentor Schools

 

 The Project

 Schools Involved

 Management and Support

Evaluation 

Case Studies

 Links

Applying for Grant 


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