The Winston Churchill School, Woking

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The Winston Churchill School
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Address
The Winston Churchill School, Woking
Hermitage Road

Woking
,
Surrey
,
GU21 8TL

England
Coordinates 51°18′46″N0°36′05″W / 51.3129°N 0.6014°W / 51.3129; -0.6014
Information
Type foundation comprehensive
MottoService before Self
Established1967 (1967)
Local authority Surrey
Department for Education URN 125314 Tables
Ofsted Reports
HeadteacherZoe Johnson-Walker
Gender Mixed
Age11to 16
Enrolment1502
Average class size30
Website www.wcsc.org.uk

The Winston Churchill School is a comprehensive, secondary school in Woking, England. The school was established in 1967. It is near Knaphill, Bisley, West End, Brookwood and Pirbright. The school holds Specialist Sports College status. [1]

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Academics

The Winston Churchill School received a score of "good" from OFSTED in April 2018, [2] with GCSE results above the national average. "The curriculum is a strength of the school ...teaching is good with aspects that are outstanding ...students behaviour both in and out of classrooms is good" and "students feel safe & secure". [2]

The most recent short inspection by OFSTED on 14 and 15 November 2023 found that "This is an inclusive school, with high expectations for pupils’ conduct and achievement." and that "Behaviour around the school site is generally calm and respectful and the significant majority of pupils meet the school’s high expectations for conduct well". [3]


Organisation

Teaching occurs during one-hour lessons with Physical Education (P.E.) lessons twice a week (more frequently for P.E. GCSE students). After school clubs provide extra sports and P.E., and other extra-curricular activities.

Planetarium

The Winston Churchill School is the first state school in the UK to have its own permanent planetarium on campus. It was opened on 10 December 2019 by the fifth incarnation of The Doctor and former Winston Churchill School student Peter Davison. [4] The planetarium is also open to the public out of school times, showing films on astronomy and holding lectures and space talks. [5]

Radio Woking

Radio Woking is a UK community radio station owned and operated by the school, broadcasting on DAB in the boroughs of Woking and Rushmoor and throughout the world online. Students at the school are trained and get the opportunity to broadcast regularly on the station. [6]

Presenters on the station are volunteers and the station broadcasts a wide range of programmes featuring local guests, sports clubs and specialist music shows. [7]

Notable alumni and faculty

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References

  1. ↑ "Winston Churchill sport college details". Wcsc.co.uk. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  2. 1 2 "School inspection report". OFSTED . Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "Inspection of a good school: The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College".
  4. ↑ "The Doctor travels back to childhood school to open planetarium". Woking News and Mail.
  5. ↑ "Woking Planetarium". wokingplanetarium.co.uk.
  6. ↑ "Radio Woking Broadcasting from The Winston Churchill School, now on DAB". WCSC Heads Blog. Woking. 12 October 2015.
  7. ↑ "Radio Woking Schedule". Radio Woking. Woking.
  8. ↑ DSEI (9 September 2019). "British Army".
  9. ↑ Duffell, Beth (18 October 2013). "Homeland role as young Woking actor heads for big time". getSurrey. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
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