Beaconsfield High School is a girls' grammar school in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire. It is a Foundation School, which takes girls from the age of 11 through to the age of 18. The school has approximately 1,100 pupils. [1] Grammar school can refer to various types of schools in different English-speaking countries. ... Beaconsfield is a market town in Buckinghamshire, England lying almost 25 miles NW of London. ... Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is one of the home counties in South East England. ... Grammar school can refer to various types of schools in different English-speaking countries. ... Beaconsfield is a market town in Buckinghamshire, England lying almost 25 miles NW of London. ... Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is one of the home counties in South East England. ... Education in England is the responsibility of Department for Education and Skills at national level and, in the case of publicly funded compulsory education, of Local Education Authorities. ...
In September 1997 the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) awarded the school specialist school status as a Technology College. It has also been awarded a second specialism as a Language College. [2] The Department for Education and Skills is a department in the United Kingdom government created in 2001. ... The specialist schools programme is a UK government programme which encourages secondary schools to specialise in certain areas to boost acheivement. ... Institute of technology, and polytechnic, are designations employed in a wide range of learning institutions awarding different types of degrees and operating often at variable levels of the educational system. ... Language Colleges were introduced in 1995 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the UK. The system enables secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, modern foreign languages. ...
References
^ Schools Directory. Buckinghamshire County Council. Retrieved on 2006-09-07.
^ Specialist Schools Home. DfES (July 2006). Retrieved on 2006-08-02.
2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... September 7 is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... August 2 is the 214th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (215th in leap years), with 151 days remaining. ...