The Winston Churchill School, Woking

The Winston Churchill School

Motto	Service before self
Established	1967
Type	foundation comprehensive
Headteacher	Zoe Johnson-Walker
Location	Hermitage Road Woking Surrey GU21 8TL England Coordinates: 51°18′46″N 0°36′05″W / 51.3129°N 0.6014°W
Local authority	Surrey
DfE URN	125314 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Students	1590
Gender	Mixed
Ages	11–16
Publication	Read it Write
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]

Academics

The Winston Churchill School is a "Good" school (OFSTED January 2015^[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". http://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/125314

Organisation

Teaching occurs during one-hour lessons with P.E. lessons twice a week (more frequent for P.E. GCSE students) with extra sport, P.E. and "enrichment" style activities (in the form of after-school clubs).

Notable alumni and faculty

• Sam Underwood, TV actor (Dexter, Homeland, The Following)^[3]
• Peter Davison, TV actor
• Sue Nettle, former Lady Mayoress of Salisbury
• Philip Gould, Baron Gould of Brookwood, Architect of New Labour^[4]

References

1. Winston Churchill sport college details
2. OFSTED. "School inspection report". OFSTED. OFSTED. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
3. Duffell, Beth (18 October 2013). "Homeland role as young Woking actor heads for big time". getSurrey. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
4. The Independent (December 1998). "Education: Passed/Failed Philip Gould".

External links

• School website
• Parent teachers association