Science College
County Upper is a designated Science College with a Gifted and Talented focus. An Ofsted subject inspection in May 2009 judged the overall effectiveness of science to be outstanding with no areas for improvement.
The school is the Suffolk partner school in the East of England Science Learning Centre promoting professional development amongst science education and learning professionals.
County Upper runs a Science and Engineering outreach programme including visits to universities and other science centres as well as workshops for gifted and talented students from feeder Middle Schools in West Suffolk. Year 9 Science students also participate in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) days run by the Smallpeice Trust promoting engineering careers for young people and lower school students participate in the new Go4Set STEM residential courses run by the Engineering Development Trust.
In summer 2010 the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust (SSAT) designated County Upper as a Consultant School in recognition of its assistance in helping other schools in Suffolk raise standards and achievement.
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