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The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 51 51.1 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
51.1 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
53.4% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
14.5% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.01 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[4]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 48.7[5] 48.7%[5]
2023/24 47.5[3] 48.6%[3] -0.01[3]
2022/23 49.3[6] 51%[6] +0.04[6]
2021/22 53.3[7] 58%[7] +0.10[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
95% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form
3% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college
63% 2022/23[8]
Further education college
24% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[8]
Employment
2% 2022/23[8]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 97%[9] 3%[9] 72%[9] 17%[9] 2%[9] 3%[9]
2020/21 95%[10] 3%[10] 60%[10] 24%[10] 2%[10] 5%[10]
2019/20 96%[11] 2%[11] 76%[11] 12%[11] 2%[11] 3%[11]
2018/19 96%[12] 5%[12] 65%[12] 18%[12] 2%[12] 6%[12]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
14 Nov 2023[13]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[13]
Report published
18 Dec 2023[13]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[13]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[13]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
19 Apr 2018[14] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[14] No overall grade[14]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.7 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Applications (any preference)
568 Entry Sept 2026[15]
First preferences
227 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Places offered
338 Entry Sept 2026[15]
First preferences per place
0.7 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 589[15] 222[15] 343[15] 1.7[15] 0.6[15]
Entry Sept 2024 523[15] 226[15] 291[15] 1.8[15] 0.8[15]
Entry Sept 2023 605[15] 261[15] 298[15] 2.0[15] 0.9[15]
Entry Sept 2022 591[15] 231[15] 296[15] 2.0[15] 0.8[15]

Admissions

Application deadline, 11+ entry
31 Oct 2026 Entry Sept 2027[16]

Character & practicalities

Type
Foundation school[1]
Ages
11–16[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1500[1]
Local authority
Surrey[1]
Website
http://student.wcsc.org.uk/[1]
District
Woking[17]
Postcode
GU21 8TL[1]
URN
125314[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1471 2024/25[18]
English as an additional language
21.8% 2024/25[18]
SEN support
12.6% 2024/25[18]
EHC plan
1.6% 2024/25[18]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
19% 2024/25[18]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
74.8%[19]
Mixed
7%[19]
Asian
10.7%[19]
Black
4%[19]
Any other ethnic group
1.4%[19]
Unclassified
2.1%[19]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2017/18. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  16. wcsc.org.uk: wcsc.org.uk — Admissions Criteria 2027-28 (PDF). Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quote
    In accordance with The School Admissions (Admission Arrangements and Coordination of Admissions Arrangements) (England) Regulations 2012, the Governors of The Winston Churchill give notice that they have adopted the following admission arrangements for students who will be admitted to Year 7 in the school year commencing in September 2027 (The closing date for on-time applications is 31st October 2026). (p. 1)
  17. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  18. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  19. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.