The Exeter Mathematics School, sponsored by the University of Exeter, has been cited by the Prime Minister as a model for spreading specialist maths schools across the country.
Launching the government’s industrial strategy, Theresa May said she wanted to see specialist maths schools throughout the country, mentioning the Exeter Maths School as a model of how this could be done.
The Exeter Mathematics School is one of only two sixth forms in the country to specialise in mathematics and physics, and is sponsored by the University of Exeter and Exeter College.
Last summer 79 per cent or students got an A*, A, or B in their A-levels, and half of all A-level results were an A* or A grade. A total of 18.3 per cent of students secured Oxbridge places.
One of England’s first mathematics free schools, it was last week named among the top one per cent in the country for the progress made by students during their studies in a Government statistics published last week.
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