Partially selective school (England)
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In England
, a partially selective school is one of a few dozen state-funded secondary schools that select a proportion of their intake by ability or aptitude, permitted as a continuation of arrangements that existed prior to 1997.
Though treated together by current legislation, they are of two types: bilateral schools in remnants of the Tripartite System
, and former grant-maintained schools that introduced partial selection in the 1990s.
While technically classified as comprehensive schools, they occupy a middle ground between grammar schools and true comprehensives, and many of the arguments for and against grammar schools also apply to these schools.
Although there are relatively few schools of this type, several of them score very highly in national performance tables, and are among the most over-subscribed schools in the country.
There are no partially selective schools in Scotland and Wales, which have wholly comprehensive systems, while Northern Ireland retains a grammar system.
In 1997 a Labour
government was elected, with a policy of abolishing partial selection.
David Blunkett
, then Secretary of State for Education and Employment, said in December 1997:
However, the School Standards and Framework Act 1998
permitted selection of up to 10% by aptitude for certain subjects for which a school is a specialist college
(section 102), and also permitted the retention of partial selection that existed prior to the 1997 entry, provided that the proportion selected was no higher than that in 1997 (section 100).
The 1998 Act also created schools adjudicators, empowered to rule on objections to school admission arrangements, including partial selection. This mechanism has steadily reduced both the number of schools using selection and the proportion of partial selection at the remaining schools.
These schools often also give preference to siblings of current pupils, filling the rest of their places using distance and/or faith criteria.
The sibling criterion is particularly controversial, as in combination with selection it often severely limits the number of local children admitted.
In response to these concerns, the initial draft of a revised schools admissions code proposed to ban sibling criteria in schools that selected more than 10% on their intake.
After many protests, the admissions code as published in February 2007 protected siblings of current students, and permitted schools to give priority to siblings provided that "their admission arrangements as a whole do not exclude families living nearer the school."
This phrasing was removed in the revised Code published in January 2009.
A late amendment to the Education and Inspections Act 2006
amended the 1998 Act to require that the proportion selected be no higher than at any time since 1997.
This forced four Hertfordshire schools to lower their proportion of academic selection to 25%.
To be admitted to the selective stream, applicants must achieve the qualifying standard in an eleven plus exam, typically shared with local grammar schools.
In practice, some of these schools do not fill their allocation of selective places due to competition from the neighbouring grammar schools.
Unlike grammar schools, they are required to fill any remaining places with non-selective applicants.
The following schools retain partial selection introduced between 1993 and 1997:
All of these schools are over-subscribed. All except Old Swinford Hospital, Archbishop Tenison's School and the London Nautical School select the highest scoring applicants under each criterion.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, a partially selective school is one of a few dozen state-funded secondary schools that select a proportion of their intake by ability or aptitude, permitted as a continuation of arrangements that existed prior to 1997.
Though treated together by current legislation, they are of two types: bilateral schools in remnants of the Tripartite System
Tripartite System
The Tripartite System was the arrangement of state funded secondary education between 1944 and the 1970s in England and Wales, and from 1947 to 2009 in Northern Ireland....
, and former grant-maintained schools that introduced partial selection in the 1990s.
While technically classified as comprehensive schools, they occupy a middle ground between grammar schools and true comprehensives, and many of the arguments for and against grammar schools also apply to these schools.
Although there are relatively few schools of this type, several of them score very highly in national performance tables, and are among the most over-subscribed schools in the country.
There are no partially selective schools in Scotland and Wales, which have wholly comprehensive systems, while Northern Ireland retains a grammar system.
History
Partially selective schools are of two types:- A bilateral school contains both grammar and non-selective streams, with the two groups of students taught separately. Bilateral schools were originally part of the Tripartite SystemTripartite SystemThe Tripartite System was the arrangement of state funded secondary education between 1944 and the 1970s in England and Wales, and from 1947 to 2009 in Northern Ireland....
in more sparsely populated areas unable to support separate schools. Most of those existing today were established in the 1970s in a few areas retaining the Tripartite System.
- Partial selection was introduced in some grant-maintained schools during the final years of the ConservativeConservative Party (UK)The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
government led by John MajorJohn MajorSir John Major, is a British Conservative politician, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1990–1997...
. Grant-maintained status was introduced by the Education Reform Act 1988Education Reform Act 1988The Education Reform Act 1988 is widely regarded as the most important single piece of education legislation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland since the 'Butler' Education Act 1944...
, and gave such schools control over their own admissions. Circular 6/93 permitted these schools to select up to 10% of their intake on the basis of ability or aptitude in music, art, drama or sport. Circular 6/96 permitted more selection. By 1997, over 40 schools were selecting up to 50% of pupils.
In 1997 a Labour
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
government was elected, with a policy of abolishing partial selection.
David Blunkett
David Blunkett
David Blunkett is a British Labour Party politician and the Member of Parliament for Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough, having represented Sheffield Brightside from 1987 to 2010...
, then Secretary of State for Education and Employment, said in December 1997:
However, the School Standards and Framework Act 1998
School Standards and Framework Act 1998
The School Standards and Framework Act 1998 was the major education legislation passed by the incoming Labour government of Tony Blair.This Act:* imposed a limit of 30 on infant class sizes....
permitted selection of up to 10% by aptitude for certain subjects for which a school is a specialist college
Specialist school
The specialist schools programme was a UK government initiative which encouraged secondary schools in England to specialise in certain areas of the curriculum to boost achievement. The Specialist Schools and Academies Trust was responsible for the delivery of the programme...
(section 102), and also permitted the retention of partial selection that existed prior to the 1997 entry, provided that the proportion selected was no higher than that in 1997 (section 100).
The 1998 Act also created schools adjudicators, empowered to rule on objections to school admission arrangements, including partial selection. This mechanism has steadily reduced both the number of schools using selection and the proportion of partial selection at the remaining schools.
These schools often also give preference to siblings of current pupils, filling the rest of their places using distance and/or faith criteria.
The sibling criterion is particularly controversial, as in combination with selection it often severely limits the number of local children admitted.
In response to these concerns, the initial draft of a revised schools admissions code proposed to ban sibling criteria in schools that selected more than 10% on their intake.
After many protests, the admissions code as published in February 2007 protected siblings of current students, and permitted schools to give priority to siblings provided that "their admission arrangements as a whole do not exclude families living nearer the school."
This phrasing was removed in the revised Code published in January 2009.
A late amendment to the Education and Inspections Act 2006
Education and Inspections Act 2006
The Education and Inspections Act 2006 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. According to the government the Act "is intended to represent a major step forward in the Government’s aim of ensuring that all children in all schools get the education they need to enable them to fulfil...
amended the 1998 Act to require that the proportion selected be no higher than at any time since 1997.
This forced four Hertfordshire schools to lower their proportion of academic selection to 25%.
Partial selection today
The following bilateral schools continue to operate in surviving fully selective areas:| LEA Local Education Authority A local education authority is a local authority in England and Wales that has responsibility for education within its jurisdiction... |
School | Gender | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincolnshire Lincolnshire Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders... |
King Edward VI Humanities College King Edward VI Humanities College King Edward VI Humanities College, is a coeducational bi-lateral secondary school, sixth form college and specialist Humanities College located in Spilsby, Lincolnshire for children between the ages of eleven and eighteen.... |
Mixed | 53.177°N 0.092°W |
| Reading Reading, Berkshire Reading is a large town and unitary authority area in England. It is located in the Thames Valley at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, and on both the Great Western Main Line railway and the M4 motorway, some west of London.... |
Reading Girls' School Reading Girls' School Reading Girls' School is a single-sex secondary comprehensive school in Reading in Berkshire, England. The school has roughly 644 pupils and nearly 100 teaching staff. The school is considered an ICT school due to its partnership with Microsoft IT labs. Reading Girls' school is partnered with... |
Girls | 51.474°N 0.166°W |
| Southend-on-Sea Southend-on-Sea Southend-on-Sea is a unitary authority area, town, and seaside resort in Essex, England. The district has Borough status, and comprises the towns of Chalkwell, Eastwood, Leigh-on-Sea, North Shoebury, Prittlewell, Shoeburyness, Southchurch, Thorpe Bay, and Westcliff-on-Sea. The district is situated... |
St Bernard's High School for Girls | Girls | 51.538°N 0.699°W |
| St Thomas More High School for Boys St Thomas More High School for Boys St Thomas More High School for Boys is a voluntary-aided Roman CatholicMathematics and Computing College located in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England. It caters for boys between the ages of 11 and 18 but has a mixed sixth form.... |
Boys | 51.554°N 0.671°W | |
| Torbay Torbay Torbay is an east-facing bay and natural harbour, at the western most end of Lyme Bay in the south-west of England, situated roughly midway between the cities of Exeter and Plymouth. Part of the ceremonial county of Devon, Torbay was made a unitary authority on 1 April 1998... |
Westlands School Westlands School Westlands School is a secondary school in the Devon town of Torquay, England. Established in 1973, the school has since become a co-educational bilateral school, for children aged between 11 and 18. The school is located in the Plainmoor district of Torquay, with most students living in the... |
Mixed | 50.476°N 3.524°W |
| Warwickshire Warwickshire Warwickshire is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, although the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare... |
Ashlawn School Ashlawn School Ashlawn School is a secondary school on Ashlawn Road, Rugby, Warwickshire, England. It also includes a grammar stream within it. Around 1,750 pupils attend the school educated by 90 full time teaching staff... |
Mixed | 52.357°N 1.231°W |
To be admitted to the selective stream, applicants must achieve the qualifying standard in an eleven plus exam, typically shared with local grammar schools.
In practice, some of these schools do not fill their allocation of selective places due to competition from the neighbouring grammar schools.
Unlike grammar schools, they are required to fill any remaining places with non-selective applicants.
The following schools retain partial selection introduced between 1993 and 1997:
| LEA Local Education Authority A local education authority is a local authority in England and Wales that has responsibility for education within its jurisdiction... |
School | Gender | Selective proportion of intake | Siblings | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnet London Borough of Barnet The London Borough of Barnet is a London borough in North London and forms part of Outer London. It has a population of 331,500 and covers . It borders Hertfordshire to the north and five other London boroughs: Harrow and Brent to the west, Camden and Haringey to the south-east and Enfield to the... |
Mill Hill County High School Mill Hill County High School Mill Hill County High School is a large secondary school located in Mill Hill, London, England.-Admissions:It is for students aged 11 to 18. The school has 1,700 pupils as of 2009. The current headmaster of the school is Geoffrey Thompson.... |
Mixed | 10% technology, 10% music, 5% dance | yes | 51.630°N 0.249°W |
| Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The county town is Aylesbury, the largest town in the ceremonial county is Milton Keynes and largest town in the non-metropolitan county is High Wycombe.... |
Waddesdon Church of England School Waddesdon Church of England School Waddesdon Church of England School is a mixed secondary school in the village of Waddesdon, in Buckinghamshire. In September 2011 the school became an Academy.... |
Mixed | 15% music (usually unused) | yes | 51.843°N 0.920°W |
| Croydon London Borough of Croydon The London Borough of Croydon is a London borough in South London, England and is part of Outer London. It covers an area of and is the largest London borough by population. It is the southernmost borough of London. At its centre is the historic town of Croydon from which the borough takes its name... |
The Archbishop Lanfranc School The Archbishop Lanfranc School The Archbishop Lanfranc School is a comprehensive secondary school in the Thornton Heath area of Croydon, south London, named after Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury from 1070 to 1089.-History:... |
Mixed | 15% general ability | yes | 51.391°N 0.130°W |
| Edenham High School | Mixed | 15% general ability | yes | 51.384°N 0.039°W | |
| Riddlesdown High School Riddlesdown High School Riddlesdown High School is a secondary school , located in the Riddlesdown area of the London Borough of Croydon, England.Riddlesdown is a coeducational school, of 1902 students . The school takes its pupils mainly from the Sanderstead, Selsdon, Purley, New Addington and South Croydon areas, and... |
Mixed | 15% general ability | no | 51.326°N 0.088°W | |
| Shirley High School Shirley High School Shirley High School Performing Arts College is a co-educational comprehensive Foundation school in the London Borough of Croydon, which first opened in 1954. The school has around 900 pupils aged 11–16. It is the only foundation school in South London that has been able to achieve a Performing Arts... |
Mixed | 15% general ability | yes | 51.370°N 0.049°W | |
| Dorset Dorset Dorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974... |
Budmouth Technology College Budmouth Technology College Budmouth College is a foundation, comprehensive, DfES designated Technology College for boys and girls situated in Weymouth, Dorset, England.It consists of a secondary school and is the only school in Weymouth & Portland to also have a Sixth Form. Also on site is the privately owned Budmouth... |
Mixed | 12% general ability | yes | 50.611°N 2.491°W |
| Dudley Dudley Dudley is a large town in the West Midlands county of England. At the 2001 census , the Dudley Urban Sub Area had a population of 194,919, making it the 26th largest settlement in England, the second largest town in the United Kingdom behind Reading, and the largest settlement in the UK without... |
Old Swinford Hospital Old Swinford Hospital Old Swinford Hospital is a selective voluntary aided boys' boarding school in Oldswinford, Stourbridge, West Midlands, England that has been in continuous operation since the 17th century.- History :Old Swinford Hospital opened in the late summer of 1667... |
Boys | 27% general ability | yes | 52.451°N 2.144°W |
| Essex Essex Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west... |
The King John School The King John School The King John School is a foundation comprehensive secondary school with a sixth form in Benfleet, Essex, England. The main school building was built in 1958, with others on the ground previously used as a hospital. As of January 2010, the school has an enrollment of 1861 students.- School Tutors... |
Mixed | 15% general ability | yes | 51.556°N 0.593°W |
| Hertfordshire Hertfordshire Hertfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England. The county town is Hertford.The county is one of the Home Counties and lies inland, bordered by Greater London , Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and... |
Dame Alice Owen's School Dame Alice Owen's School Dame Alice Owen's School is a mixed voluntary aided secondary school in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, England, founded in the London Borough of Islington.-Admissions:... |
Mixed | 32.5% general ability, 5% music | yes | 51.691°N 0.207°W |
| Parmiter's School Parmiter's School Parmiter's School is a co-educational school in Garston, Hertfordshire on the outskirts of North West London, England with a long history. Although the school admits pupils of all abilities it is partially selective... |
Mixed | 25% general ability, 10% music | yes | 51.703°N 0.389°W | |
| Queens' School Queens' School Queens' School, near Watford, Hertfordshire, is a state funded secondary school.It is currently designated a Specialist Sports and Science College.-History:The story of Queens' begins with two schools in Watford in the early 20th century.... |
Mixed | 35% general ability, 5% music, 5% sport | yes | 51.658°N 0.369°W | |
| Rickmansworth School Rickmansworth School Rickmansworth School , formerly Rickmansworth Grammar School, is a coeducational secondary school of around 1,200 pupils, situated in Croxley Green , near Rickmansworth.-Admissions:... |
Mixed | 25% general ability, 10% music | yes | 51.645°N 0.456°W | |
| St. Clement Danes School St. Clement Danes School St. Clement Danes School is a mixed, voluntary-aided, comprehensive school in Chorleywood, Hertfordshire.-Admissions:It has specialist status for languages and science and takes students aged 11 through to 18 .... |
Mixed | 10% general ability, 10% music | yes | 51.664°N 0.514°W | |
| Watford Grammar School for Boys | Boys | 25% general ability, 10% music | yes | 51.655°N 0.414°W | |
| Watford Grammar School for Girls Watford Grammar School for Girls Watford Grammar School for Girls is an academy for girls in Watford in Hertfordshire, UK.Despite its name, the school accepts girls of all abilities, although a proportion are selected for academic or musical aptitude.... |
Girls | 25% general ability, 10% music | yes | 51.652°N 0.396°W | |
| Kent Kent Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of... |
Archbishop's School Archbishop's School Archbishops School is a mixed-ability Church of England state school situated in Canterbury, Kent in the United Kingdom.It is a school for pupils and students of all abilities from the ages of 11 to 19 and has approximately 850 pupils... |
Mixed | 15% general ability | yes | 51.293°N 1.074°W |
| Chaucer Technology School Chaucer Technology School Chaucer Technology School is a mixed ability comprehensive school, with designated technology status situated in Canterbury, Kent. It encompasses years 7 to 11 as well as a sixth form college... |
Mixed | 15% general ability or technology | yes | 51.274°N 1.100°W | |
| Homewood School Homewood School Homewood School and Sixth Form Centre is a comprehensive school in Tenterden, Kent, England. It has over 2500 students and 250+ staff. Homewood is a comprehensive school but is situated within the Kent selective system so it has a student profile that is half way between comprehensive and secondary... |
Mixed | 20% general ability, 1% music | yes | 51.079°N 0.693°W | |
| Westlands School | Mixed | 10% maths | yes | 51.343°N 0.711°W | |
| Lambeth London Borough of Lambeth The London Borough of Lambeth is a London borough in south London, England and forms part of Inner London. The local authority is Lambeth London Borough Council.-Origins:... |
Archbishop Tenison's School | Boys | weighted banding | yes | 51.483°N 0.116°W |
| London Nautical School London Nautical School The London Nautical School was founded in 1915, as a consequence of the official report into the loss of the Titanic. The primary aim of the school is "to educate and prepare pupils to meet the needs of society either at sea or in any other occupation where responsibility, attention to duty and... |
Boys | nautical or sport | yes | 51.507°N 0.108°W | |
| Liverpool Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880... |
King David High School King David School, Liverpool The King David School located in Liverpool, England is a popular specialist humanities college mixed voluntary aided Jewish Orthodox secondary school.... |
Mixed | 17% music | no | 53.396°N 2.900°W |
| St Hilda's Church of England High School St Hilda's Church of England High School St Hilda's Church of England High School is a Church of England secondary school with a sixth form, located in Croxteth Drive, Sefton Park, Liverpool. Of which the post code is L17 3AL . Years 7 - 11 are girls only, but the sixth form is coeducational.... |
Girls | 15% general ability | no | 53.388°N 2.939°W | |
| St Margaret's Church of England High School | Boys | 15% general ability | no | 53.369°N 2.930°W | |
| Nottingham Nottingham Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group... |
Nottingham Bluecoat School | Mixed | 10% maths and science | yes | 52.969°N 1.193°W |
| Peterborough Peterborough Peterborough is a cathedral city and unitary authority area in the East of England, with an estimated population of in June 2007. For ceremonial purposes it is in the county of Cambridgeshire. Situated north of London, the city stands on the River Nene which flows into the North Sea... |
The Kings School | Mixed | 10% general ability, 2.5% music | yes | 52.582°N 0.239°W |
| Poole Poole Poole is a large coastal town and seaport in the county of Dorset, on the south coast of England. The town is east of Dorchester, and Bournemouth adjoins Poole to the east. The Borough of Poole was made a unitary authority in 1997, gaining administrative independence from Dorset County Council... |
Poole High School Poole High School Poole High School is a mixed gender high school and sixth form for 12-18 year olds located in the centre of Poole, Dorset on the South Coast of England... |
Mixed | 10% general ability | yes | 50.725°N 1.984°W |
| Southend-on-Sea Southend-on-Sea Southend-on-Sea is a unitary authority area, town, and seaside resort in Essex, England. The district has Borough status, and comprises the towns of Chalkwell, Eastwood, Leigh-on-Sea, North Shoebury, Prittlewell, Shoeburyness, Southchurch, Thorpe Bay, and Westcliff-on-Sea. The district is situated... |
Cecil Jones College Cecil Jones College Cecil Jones College is a secondary school situated in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, in England. It is a specialist Business and Enterprise College... |
Mixed | 10% general ability | yes | 51.553°N 0.732°W |
| Shoeburyness High School Shoeburyness High School Shoeburyness High School is a secondary school in Southend-on-Sea, Essex. Unusually, it is one of the few partially selective schools in England. The high school celebrated its 70th anniversary in June 2009.... |
Mixed | 10% general ability | yes | 51.533°N 0.776°W | |
| Surrey Surrey Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford. Surrey County Council sits at Kingston upon Thames, although this has been part of... |
Glyn Technology School Glyn Technology School Glyn School is a boys' comprehensive secondary school – with a partially co-educational sixth form – situated in the borough of Epsom and Ewell in the English county of Surrey.... |
Boys | 15% general ability | yes | 51.343°N 0.256°W |
| The Winston Churchill School | Mixed | 9% general ability, 5% music | yes | 51.313°N 0.601°W | |
| Sutton London Borough of Sutton The London Borough of Sutton is a London borough in South London, England and forms part of Outer London. It covers an area of and is the 80th largest local authority in England by population. It is one of the southernmost boroughs of London... |
Greenshaw High School Greenshaw High School Greenshaw High School is a mixed community comprehensive school of some 1600 pupils situated in Sutton, England. It has recently become an academy although it fully retains its character, ethos and appearance. It also has a highly successful and expanding sixth form for students aged 16–18... |
Mixed | 25% general ability | yes | 50.921°N 0.139°W |
| Wandsworth London Borough of Wandsworth The London Borough of Wandsworth is a London borough in southwest London, England, and forms part of Inner London.-History:The borough was formed in 1965 from the former area of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea and much of the former area of the Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth, but... |
Burntwood School Burntwood School Burntwood School is a secondary school for girls aged 11–18, located in Wandsworth, London, England. The school was opened in September, 1986, and is a foundation school. The first headmistress of the school was Brigid Beattie-Moriarty - known to the pupils as Mrs Beattie. For the 2008–09 school... |
Girls | 25% general ability | some | 51.438°N 0.180°W |
| Chestnut Grove School | Mixed | 20% art and design, 20% languages | some | 51.444°N 0.155°W | |
| Ernest Bevin College Ernest Bevin College Ernest Bevin College is a specialist college in Tooting, London, England. The school is all-boys for ages 11 through 18, but has a co-educational sixth form. It has about 1173 pupils.-History:... |
Boys | ⅓ general ability | some | 51.438°N 0.168°W | |
| Graveney School Graveney School Graveney School is a foundation specialist school with Technology College status in the Furzedown area of Tooting, south west London. The Principal is Graham Stapleton and the Headteacher is Keith Barbrook. It teaches years 7 to 11 , with nine classes per year averaging thirty students each. In... |
Mixed | 25% general ability | some | 51.424°N 0.151°W |
All of these schools are over-subscribed. All except Old Swinford Hospital, Archbishop Tenison's School and the London Nautical School select the highest scoring applicants under each criterion.