Fulham Enterprise Studio was a

studio school A studio school is a type of specialist secondary school in England that is designed to give students practical skills in workplace environments as well as traditional academic and vocational courses of study. Like traditional schools, studio sc ...

within a school at Fulham College Boys' School and based in the adjacent former Kingwood CLC building in

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, England.

History

The first Studio School to open in Inner London, it offered a new and different style of mainstream education. It was formally opened by the Duke of York in December 2012. At age 14, Fulham Enterprise Studio accepted into Year 10 girls and boys of all abilities from either Fulham College Boys' School or

Fulham Cross Girls School Fulham Cross Girls’ School (FCGS) is a secondary school with academy status for girls aged 11–16, located in the Fulham area of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, England. The school is part of the Fulham Cross Academy Trust, a ...

. The sixth form accepted applications from young people attending any school, with priority given to students attending Fulham College Boys’ School and Fulham Cross Girls’ School. Fulham Enterprise Studio shared some facilities with Fulham College Boys' School including specialist science and design and technology blocks, a multi-use Astroturf sports pitch and gym on site and a fully equipped performing arts centre. Fulham Enterprise Studio gave students the opportunity to study the core National Curriculum alongside project based learning and work placements, leading to GCSEs, BTECS; and NVQs, AS and A levels (Sixth Form only). As of September 2020 Fulham Enterprise Studio no longer operates as a separate institution. Instead the building is now used as the general sixth form provision for

Fulham Cross Academy Fulham Cross Academy is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in the Fulham area of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, England. It is a STEM specialist school. History It was previously known as Henry Compton Se ...

, the new name for Fulham College Boys' School.

References

External links

Official website
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