Education in Bath, Somerset

Education in Bath, Somerset

Bath, Somerset has a large number of educational establishments for a city of its size. It has two universities, a further education college and five independent schools as well as state-funded school provision. The state-funded schools are organised within the unitary authority of Bath and North East Somerset. [citation|url=http://www.bathnes.gov.uk/BathNES/educationandlearning/Schoolsandcolleges/schoolcontactdetails/|title=School Contact Details|publisher=Bath and North East Somerset Council|accessdate=2008-07-05]

Universities

The University of Bath was established in 1966 and has grown to become a leading university in the United Kingdom. [cite web |url=http://www.bath.ac.uk/internal/staff/intro/history.html |title=History of the University |accessdate=2007-12-10 |work=University of Bath ] The university is known, academically, for the physical sciences, mathematics, architecture, management and technology. [cite web |url=http://www.bath.ac.uk/departments/ |title=Departments |accessdate=2007-12-10 |work=University of Bath]

Bath Spa University was first granted degree-awarding powers in 1992 as a university college (Bath Spa University College), before being granted university status in August 2005.cite web |url=http://www.bathspa.ac.uk/ |title=Bath Spa University |accessdate=2007-12-10 |work=Bath Spa University ] It has schools in the following subject areas: Art and Design, Education, English and Creative Studies, Historical and Cultural Studies, Music and the Performing Arts, and Social Sciences. Bath School of Art and Design is a college within the university. Although regarded as a Bath university, the main campus is a few miles outside the city at Newton Park. It also awards degrees through colleges such as Weston College in nearby Weston-super-Mare.

econdary education

The city contains one further education college, City of Bath College, and several sixth forms as part of both state, private, and public schools. In England, on average in 2006, 45.8% of pupils gained 5 grades A*-C including English and Maths; for Bath and North East Somerset pupils taking GCSE at 16 it is 52.0%. [cite web |url=http://www.intelligencewest.org.uk/census/data/LDF_AMR%2019.11.07.xls |title=LDF Contextual Info |accessdate=2007-12-14 |format=Excel |work=Intelligence West ] Special needs education is provided by Three Ways School.

State-funded schools are organised within the unitary authority of Bath and North East Somerset. A review of Secondary Education in Bath was started in 2007, primarily to reduce surplus provision and reduce the number of single-sex secondary schools in Bath, and to access capital funds available through the government's Building Schools for the Future programme. [citation|url=http://www.bathnes.gov.uk/BathNES/councilanddemocracy/consultations/SchoolsConsultation/secondary/|title=Secondary School Reviews|publisher=Bath and North East Somerset Council|accessdate=2008-06-23]

Primary education

Bath has 27 local authority organised Primary Schools, a few of which have nursery classes attached. [citation|url=http://www.bathnes.gov.uk/BathNES/educationandlearning/Schoolsandcolleges/schoolcontactdetails/primarynursery.htm|title=Primary Schools and Nurseries|publisher=Bath and North East Somerset Council|accessdate=2008-09-20]

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