Specialist Schools

Specialist schools are secondary schools, which meet all national curriculum requirements, but also specialise in a particular subject or activity.

There are ten categories of specialist school

• Technology
• Language
• Arts
• Sports
• Business and enterprise
• Engineering
• Mathematics and computing
• Science
• Humanities
• Music
  

Gaining specialist school status

To apply for specialist status, schools must raise £50,000 in private sector sponsorship, or less in the case of small schools with under 500 pupils. They must draw up a four-year plan to raise standards, increase provision and encourage take-up in their specialist subject(s).

Specialist schools in Southwark

• St Saviour's and St Olave's - science
• Sacred Heart - specialist languages college (joint with Notre Dame)
• Notre Dame - specialist languages college
• St. Michael and All Saints Academy (formerly Archbishop Michael Ramsey) - science and health 
• St Michael's RC - business and enterprise college
• Geoffrey Chaucer - technology college
• St Thomas the Apostle College - maths and computing
• Bacon's College - technology college
• City of London Academy - performing arts
• Academy at Peckham - business and enterprise
• The Charter School - business and enterprise
• Kingsdale - performing arts

Contact

School admissions
Tel: 020 7525 5337
Fax: 020 7525 2911
schools.admissions@southwark.gov.uk  
Children’s services
John Smith House
144-152 Walworth Road
London
SE17 1JL