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In England, City Technology Colleges (CTCs) are independent schools which charge no fees as their recurrent costs are paid by the DfES and businesses within the private sector. City Technology Colleges specialise in teaching mainly technology based subjects such technology, science and maths. The programme was established in the late 80s by the Conservative government by the Education Reform Act 1988 with the Colleges themselves opening in the late 80s/early 90s.
CTCs also forge close links with businesses and industry (mainly through their sponsors), and often their governors are directors of local or national businesses that are supporting or have supported the colleges. The programme has been successful in the long term with all the CTCs being considered strong establishments with consistently high Academic results.
The government is currently encouraging CTCs to convert into City Academies (see City Academy), although the differences between the two types of school are relatively small (the main being one being that CTCs are allowed to select pupils whilst Academies are not). Two CTC conversions are due to open as Academies in September 2005.
List of CTCs
| ADT College | Wandsworth | http://www.adtcollege.org.uk/ |
|---|---|---|
| Bacon's CTC | Bermondsey | http://www.baconsctc.co.uk/ |
| BRIT Performing Arts & Technology School | Croydon | http://www.brit.croydon.sch.uk/ |
| Brooke Weston CTC | Corby | http://www.brookeweston.org/ |
| Emmanuel College | Gateshead | http://www.emmanuelctc.org.uk/school/ |
| Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham CTC | New Cross | http://www.hahc.org.uk/default1.htm |
| Harris CTC | Croydon | http://www.harrisctc.org.uk/ |
| John Cabot CTC | Bristol | http://www.cabot.ac.uk/ |
| Kingshurst CTC | Birmingham | http://www.kingshurst.ac.uk/ |
| Landau Forte CTC | Derby | http://www.landau-forte.org.uk/ |
| Leigh CTC | Dartford | http://www.leighctc.kent.sch.uk/ |
| Macmillan CTC | Middlesbrough | http://www.macmillan-ctc.org.uk/ |
| Thomas Telford School | Telford | http://www.ttsonline.net/ |
See also
"City Technology College"