Our Specialist Science School Aims (SSSA) are to:

SSSA1 - raise attainment and achievement for all students both in the specialist subjects and across the whole curriculum

SSSA2 - strengthen and develop the quality of teaching and learning strategies in the specialist subjects and use them to help raise standards throughout the school

SSSA3 - extend opportunities for applied learning and enrichment activity through the specialist subjects, including through links with sponsors, business, employers, further and higher education institutions and organisations related to the specialism

SSSA4 - drive the provision of Diploma Lines of Learning most closely related to the specialisms at Levels 1, 2 and 3 through close collaboration with partnerships with local schools and partnerships with colleges, work-based partnerships and employers

SSSA5 -develop within the school, characteristics which signal its specialist ethos and identity as a Science School and which are reflected in the school’s mission and objectives – including through encouragement of increased take-up and interest in the specialist subjects

SSSA6 - work collaboratively with partner schools to provide or facilitate high quality learning opportunities and outcomes in the specialist subjects - by sharing specialist facilities and resources, enhancing further the quality of teaching and developing and disseminating good practice; and

SSSA7 - develop the capacity to provide or facilitate high quality learning opportunities and outcomes in the specialist subjects, either working as an individual school or working collaboratively with other schools, within the school’s wider local community, including local businesses, employers, and 14-19 partnerships