Specialist maths schools, again

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This post investigates the Government’s latest efforts to establish a national network of university-sponsored specialist mathematics free schools for 16-19 year-olds. It:

• Recapitulates the difficult history of this policy since it was first announced in 2011

• Reviews in more detail developments in the nine months since my last post on this topic

• Analyses the guidance document for new applicants, published with a companion press release in March 2018 and

• Considers the prospects for success this time round.

I have been tracking the evolution and development of Government policy on specialist maths schools and reporting on a regular basis.

Previous posts in this series include:

• The introduction in England of Selective 16-19 Maths Free Schools (November 2011)

• A Progress Report on 16-19 Maths Free Schools (March 2013)

• 16-19 Maths Free Schools Revisited (October 2014)

• Progress Report on KCL and Exeter Maths Free Schools (September 2015) and

• The resurrection of specialist…

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