It is intended that this guidance will be reviewed on an ongoing basis. In order to assist with this and to inform future thinking on the guidance, we would encourage schools to complete the feedback form below with any suggestions they feel would enhance the re-designation process.
The Specialist Schools Programme is now an established part of the maintained secondary education system.
This Guidance, published in six parts plus annexes replaces the existing separate documents for initial applications, re-designations and high performing specialist school status. This reflects the fact that we are almost at a 100% specialist secondary school system so it was time to bring details of all the requirements into one place. The main expectations of the programme, which all schools must follow as a condition of receiving specialist school funding are set out in Part 1.
The guidance and associated application form is under revision. We aim to have the revised version available by Wednesday 5th November. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Gifted and Talented HPSS option We are inviting schools with a particular interest and expertise in Gifted and Talented education to identify G&T as a specific focus of their HPSS work. Such schools will form part of a national network of secondary G&T centres of excellence. HPSS with a G&T focus will be required to allocated £10,000 of their HPSS funding to their G&T work. Download the Gifted and Talented within HPSS 2008 question and answer document (Word 45KB)
Application Form SEN/Inclusion We apologise for the delay in publishing this form. If you have already completed all or part of the previous SEN / inclusion form you do not need to complete a new form and can submit the form you are currently using. If want to apply but haven’t yet completed the SEN application form, please use the new form. Application Form SEN/Inclusion (Word 416 KB)
