- Education in Bath, Somerset
Bath, Somerset has a large number of educational establishments for a city of its size. It has two universities, afurther education college and five independent schools as well as state-funded school provision. The state-funded schools are organised within theunitary authority ofBath 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 auniversity college (Bath Spa University College), before being granteduniversity 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 atNewton Park . It also awards degrees through colleges such asWeston College in nearbyWeston-super-Mare .econdary education
The city contains one
further education college,City of Bath College , and severalsixth form s 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; forBath 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 byThree Ways School .State-funded schools are organised within the
unitary authority ofBath 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 School s, 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]References
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