Princes Risborough School
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Princes Risborough School is a co-educational secondary school in Princes Risborough
, Buckinghamshire
. In September 2011 the school became an Academy.. It takes children from the age of 11 through to the age of 18 and has approximately 925 pupils.
In September 2001 the school was awarded specialist school
status as a Technology College
, by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES)
.
Princes Risborough
Princes Risborough is a small town in Buckinghamshire, England, about 9 miles south of Aylesbury and 8 miles north west of High Wycombe. Bledlow lies to the west and Monks Risborough to the east. It lies at the foot of the Chiltern Hills, at the north end of a gap or pass through the Chilterns,...
, Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The county town is Aylesbury, the largest town in the ceremonial county is Milton Keynes and largest town in the non-metropolitan county is High Wycombe....
. In September 2011 the school became an Academy.. It takes children from the age of 11 through to the age of 18 and has approximately 925 pupils.
In September 2001 the school was awarded specialist school
Specialist school
The specialist schools programme was a UK government initiative which encouraged secondary schools in England to specialise in certain areas of the curriculum to boost achievement. The Specialist Schools and Academies Trust was responsible for the delivery of the programme...
status as a Technology College
Technology College
Technology College is a term used in the United Kingdom for a secondary specialist school that focuses on design and technology, mathematics and science. These were the first type of specialist schools, beginning in 1994. In 2008 there were 598 Technology Colleges in England, of which 12 also...
, by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES)
Department for Education and Skills
The Department for Education and Skills was a United Kingdom government department between 2001 and 2007. It was responsible for the education system and children's services in England. On 28 June 2007 the department was split in two by Gordon Brown's government...
.