City Technology College

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In England, City Technology Colleges (CTCs) are independent schools which charge no fees as their recurrent costs are borne by the Department for Education and Skills and private business sponsors. City Technology Colleges specialise in teaching mainly technology-based subjects such as technology, science and mathematics. The CTC programme was established in the late 80s by the Conservative government under the terms of the Education Reform Act 1988 and the Colleges themselves opened 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.

[edit] 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/
Djanogly CTC^[1]	Nottingham	http://www.djanogly.notts.sch.uk/default.aspx
Emmanuel College	Gateshead	http://www.emmanuelctc.org.uk/school/
Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham College^[2]	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 College^[3]	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/

[edit] Notes

^ Djanogly CTC renamed to Djanogly City Academy and became a City Academy on 26 August, 2003
^ Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham College officially changed its status to a City Academy on 1 September, 2005
^ Landau Forte College officially changed its status to a City Academy on 1 September, 2006