Montgomery High School, Blackpool 3.59

Montgomery High School is a secondary school with academy status in Bispham, Blackpool.Academic performanceThe school holds Specialist Language College status and is a Beacon school.In February 2001, the Times Educational Supplement listed Montgomery in a group of schools that had received outstanding inspection reports or achieved sustained excellent GCSE results.In September 2005 it was notable for being awarded 'outstanding' assessments by Ofsted in the following key areas: How well does the school work in partnership with others to promote learners' well-being? How good is the overall personal development and well-being of the learners? How well do the curriculum and other activities meet the range of needs and interests of learners? How well are learners cared for, guided and supported?Parliamentary congratulationsJoan Humble and Stephen Twigg congratulated the school for its achievements in the House of Commons on 20 January 2005 and the school was then visited by the Secretary of State for Education Ruth Kelly.ProjectsMontgomery has been selected to take part in the Human Scale Schools project operating in collaboration with the Gulbenkian Foundation.