School Initiatives

Number of Specialist Schools

	1997	2007	Difference
East Midlands Region	21	230	209
East of England Region	21	311	290
London Region	33	344	311
North East Region	16	149	133
North West Region	37	425	388
South East Region	35	423	388
South West Region	25	292	267
West Midlands Region	23	352	329
Yorkshire and The Humber Region	17	273	256

England	228	2,799	2,571

Number of Leading Edge Partnerships

	2003
East Midlands Region	10
East of England Region	15
London Region	23
North East Region	9
North West Region	18
South East Region	9
South West Region	13
West Midlands Region	9
Yorkshire and The Humber Region	1

England	107

Number of Full Service Extended Schools

	2004/05
East Midlands Region	2
East of England Region	5
London Region	30
North East Region	14
North West Region	26
South East Region	13
South West Region	3
West Midlands Region	32
Yorkshire and The Humber Region	12

England	137

Number of Operational Academies

	2007
East Midlands Region	4
East of England Region	4
London Region	34
North East Region	4
North West Region	8
South East Region	9
South West Region	4
West Midlands Region	6
Yorkshire and The Humber Region	10

England	83

National Summary

Number of Specialist Schools - in September 2007 there were 2,799 operational specialist schools up from 228 in September 1997.

Number of Leading Edge Partnerships - in 2003 there were 107 leading edge partnerships.

Number of Full Service Extended Schools - in 2004/05 there were 137 full service extended schools.

Number of Operational Academies - in September 2007 there were 83 operational academies.