I have comprehensively dealt with the last point on more than one occasion. There is no limit on the number of specialisms or the number of specialist schools. They are comprehensive. Only 5 per cent. Of the rest, less than 7 per cent. admitted children on the basis of aptitude.
Specialist schools are non-selective comprehensive schools.
Professor Jesson's research showed that 53 per cent. That shows that the specialist school programme works in the interests of raising standards as well as outreach to the wider community. Sheffield nursery schools have very high rates of language learning which children then take with them throughout their lives. The earlier a child can engage with other languages, the more successful that will be. My only regret is that I learned a language called Esperanto at school.