The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 15 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Surrey
Unique reference
125314
Address
Hermitage Road, St Johns, GU21 8TL

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1524 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
52.8%
Girls
47.2%
First language not English
23.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
16%
Persistent absence
14.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 70.3%
Other White 6.9%
Mixed 6.4%
Pakistani 5.1%
Unclassified 2.2%
Chinese 2.1%
African 2%
Other 1.6%
Indian 1.5%
Other Asian 0.9%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Other Black 0.3%
Caribbean 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.04
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.17
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 60%
Local authority average 39%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 51%
Local authority average 54%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 49.3
Local authority average 50.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.45
Local authority average 4.49
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE16
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE2
Art & DesignGCSE39
AstronomyGCSE21
BiologyGCSE69
Business Studies:SingleGCSE129
ChemistryGCSE69
ChineseGCSE2
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE37
Design & TechnologyGCSE58
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
291
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
226
2nd preference
104
3rd preference
87
From another Local Authority
3
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
226
2nd preference
20
3rd preference
14
To another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes23.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
307
172
135
Year 8
309
159
150
Year 9
304
154
150
Year 10
306
167
139
Year 11
298
153
145
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
88.0%
89.2%
86.5%
Further education
24.0%
25.4%
34.7%
School sixth form
3.0%
30.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
60.0%
32.3%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.0%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
3.3%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
2.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
3.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.1%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022