The Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High School became a Science College for the first time in September 2004, and was recently re-designated in 2008. As with all Science Colleges, our aim is to create a challenging environment which raises standards of achievement and the quality of teaching and learning in science and mathematics for all our pupils, leading to whole school improvement in performance. We have a relentless focus on providing high quality education for all our pupils, and have invested our Science College funding heavily in ICT, refurbishment of rooms, equipment, text-books and extra staffing in Science and Mathematics in order to enrich and enhance our pupils' experience. Examples of Science College improvements include the innovative use of ICT in every science and mathematics teaching room, and the creation of smaller teaching groups in Science, Mathematics and English in Year 7.

We aim to be a centre of excellence in scientific education, contributing actively to local and national development in science and mathematics education and encouraging young people to pursue scientific and mathematical careers beyond 16. We will provide our pupils with appropriate learning pathways so that they develop the skills needed to be active citizens within an increasingly scientific world and to progress to employment, further training and higher education according to their individual abilities, aptitudes and ambitions. As an example of this, every pupil in the school is entered for the Science Double Award at GCSE, with considerable success. We have challenging Science College targets to increase the number of these pupils who achieve not only Grade C and above but also A* and A grades. In addition to the traditional A-level Science Courses, we are pioneering the new Applied Science course at A-level, widening the availability of post-16 Science courses and opening up the possibility of a scientific career to many more pupils. We are the only school in Cheshire to offer this course.

We are also becoming an active partner in a learning society within our local family of schools and community, sharing resources and disseminating good practice. Our four partner primary schools and Dee Banks Special School are able to visit the school to experience science lessons in a laboratory, and we have an equipment library for them to use. We are working with our partner secondary school to support them and share good practice. The University of the Third Age Science Group enjoys the use of our Science department and resources in the school holidays. We are working closely with Chester University to provide high quality training for prospective Science teachers on their comparatively new Science PGCE course. We plan to become a centre for the training and development of Education Science technicians.

As a Church School Science College we aspire to be a living reminder that, at their best, science and religion are different facets of the search for truth, and complement each other in the quest for knowledge and wisdom. Science and Christianity both inspire awe and wonder. Work at the interface is mind-expanding, and we want our pupils to experience an exciting and inspiring journey of exploration and discovery which engages their hearts and mind.