Maths and Computing Specialist Schools

In the four years since Graham Corbyn (who at the time was the National Specialism Co-ordinator) wrote an article for the MSOR Connections newsletter outlining the progress of Mathematics and Computing Colleges (MCCs) [1], specialist schools have continued to be an important part of the Government’s plans to raise standards in secondary education. The Specialist Schools Programme (SSP) helps schools, in partnership with private sector sponsors and supported by additional Government funding, to establish distinctive identities through their chosen specialisms and achieve their targets to raise standards…