Burnage High School for Boys Achieves Specialist Arts College Status

Burnage High School for Boys, Manchester has successfully achieved specialist Arts College status.

The school was one of 108 schools nationally to achieve specialist status in the latest round of announcements from Schools Minister Lord Adonis and will begin operating as a specialist school from this September.

Schools with specialist status receive additional funding per pupil each year as well as £100,000 in capital funding to pay for new facilities and equipment to support the specialism.

Specialist schools have a focus on their chosen subject area but must also meet National Curriculum requirements and deliver a broad and balanced education to all pupils. Schools must also demonstrate how they will share the benefits of their good practice, expertise and resources with other schools and with the wider local community.

Burnage High School plans to use the extra funding it will receive to upgrade ICT facilities at the school, including a new suite of Apple Mac computers and new lap-tops for cross curricular use; to provide a new performing arts area; and also to support new specialist staff.

Councillor Sheila Newman, Manchester City Council's, Executive Member, Children's Services, said: "This is good news for Burnage - for the school, its staff and pupils. Becoming a specialist school means committing to further raising the achievement of pupils and ensuring that each young person achieves their potential through partnerships with businesses and the local community."

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