The Forest School | |
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Robin Hood lane Wokingham , Berkshire , RG41 5NE England | |
Coordinates | 51°25′54″N 0°52′40″W / 51.43174°N 0.87773°W |
Information | |
Type | Academy |
Motto | Latin: Esse Quam Videri (To Be Rather Than To Seem To Be) |
Established | April 1945 |
Founder | Walter G. Jackson |
Local authority | Wokingham |
Department for Education URN | 139853 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Chair | David Auger |
Principal | Mary Sandell |
Staff | 210 |
Gender | Boys |
Age | 11 to 18 |
Enrollment | 1170 (of which 220 in Sixth Form) as of February 2016 [update] |
Houses | Ashdown, Bramshill, Kielder, Langdale, New, Sherwood, Windsor |
Colour(s) | Blue and Gold |
Formerly named | Forest Grammar School |
Gender of Sixth Form | Mixed |
Website | http://www.forest.wokingham.sch.uk |
The Forest School is an all-boys secondary school and mixed sixth form with academy status, located in Winnersh, Berkshire, England.
The Forest School began as Woodley Hill Grammar School in 1945 following the Education Act 1944 which required local councils to provide grammar schools for children who passed the 11+ exam. The school was officially opened in April 1946 by its first headmaster Walter G. Jackson. During this time the school was located at Woodley Hill House, Earley. [1]
In 1957 construction of the Forest Grammar School was completed and the Woodley Hill Grammar School closed. Although new buildings have been built since then the original building is still used.
In November 1965, Nestlé donated an Elliott 405 first-generation valve computer to the school. The BBC science television programme Tomorrow's World broadcast a segment on 5 February 1969 on how the school used this computer to teach the pupils. [2]
The Forest School became a comprehensive school in 1974.
The Forest School has been a specialist Business and Enterprise College since 2003 and in 2006 was appointed by the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust as the “Enterprise Hub School for Berkshire”.
On 5 February 2006 The Forest School made national headlines after the then caretaker, Stephen Hunt, murdered his wife leaving her body in the school car park where it was later discovered by a member of staff. [3]
In July 2012 The Forest School signed a deal with Reading Football Club under which the Club’s academy players would be educated and study for their GCSEs at the school. [4]
In 2014 the school won a bid to build a new sixth form centre, with planning being approved on 19 January 2015, construction finished in time for the start of the 2016/17 academic year.
In 2006 the school's under 15s (U15) football team won the National Cup. In 2007 the school's under 16s (U16) football team were runners up in the National Cup, losing narrowly to the opposition. In 2009 The school's under 14s (U14) football team were runners up in the National Cup, losing 2 - 1 to Audenshaw School. The match took place at Manchester United's Old Trafford Stadium in front of over 600 Forest School supporters. [5]
As a Business and Enterprise Specialist the school includes lessons on Business as part of its curriculum and offers them as GCSE and A-Level options. The school also encourages pupils to develop their own businesses and helps the students run them. For example Forest Design, a graphic design business creating products for internal school use as well as external clients such as Wokingham Borough Council and BBC Radio Berkshire.
The Forest School | |
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Address | |
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Robin Hood lane Wokingham , Berkshire , RG41 5NE England | |
Coordinates | 51°25′54″N 0°52′40″W / 51.43174°N 0.87773°W |
Information | |
Type | Academy |
Motto | Latin: Esse Quam Videri (To Be Rather Than To Seem To Be) |
Established | April 1945 |
Founder | Walter G. Jackson |
Local authority | Wokingham |
Department for Education URN | 139853 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Chair | David Auger |
Principal | Mary Sandell |
Staff | 210 |
Gender | Boys |
Age | 11 to 18 |
Enrollment | 1170 (of which 220 in Sixth Form) as of February 2016 [update] |
Houses | Ashdown, Bramshill, Kielder, Langdale, New, Sherwood, Windsor |
Colour(s) | Blue and Gold |
Formerly named | Forest Grammar School |
Gender of Sixth Form | Mixed |
Website | http://www.forest.wokingham.sch.uk |
The Forest School is an all-boys secondary school and mixed sixth form with academy status, located in Winnersh, Berkshire, England.
The Forest School began as Woodley Hill Grammar School in 1945 following the Education Act 1944 which required local councils to provide grammar schools for children who passed the 11+ exam. The school was officially opened in April 1946 by its first headmaster Walter G. Jackson. During this time the school was located at Woodley Hill House, Earley. [1]
In 1957 construction of the Forest Grammar School was completed and the Woodley Hill Grammar School closed. Although new buildings have been built since then the original building is still used.
In November 1965, Nestlé donated an Elliott 405 first-generation valve computer to the school. The BBC science television programme Tomorrow's World broadcast a segment on 5 February 1969 on how the school used this computer to teach the pupils. [2]
The Forest School became a comprehensive school in 1974.
The Forest School has been a specialist Business and Enterprise College since 2003 and in 2006 was appointed by the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust as the “Enterprise Hub School for Berkshire”.
On 5 February 2006 The Forest School made national headlines after the then caretaker, Stephen Hunt, murdered his wife leaving her body in the school car park where it was later discovered by a member of staff. [3]
In July 2012 The Forest School signed a deal with Reading Football Club under which the Club’s academy players would be educated and study for their GCSEs at the school. [4]
In 2014 the school won a bid to build a new sixth form centre, with planning being approved on 19 January 2015, construction finished in time for the start of the 2016/17 academic year.
In 2006 the school's under 15s (U15) football team won the National Cup. In 2007 the school's under 16s (U16) football team were runners up in the National Cup, losing narrowly to the opposition. In 2009 The school's under 14s (U14) football team were runners up in the National Cup, losing 2 - 1 to Audenshaw School. The match took place at Manchester United's Old Trafford Stadium in front of over 600 Forest School supporters. [5]
As a Business and Enterprise Specialist the school includes lessons on Business as part of its curriculum and offers them as GCSE and A-Level options. The school also encourages pupils to develop their own businesses and helps the students run them. For example Forest Design, a graphic design business creating products for internal school use as well as external clients such as Wokingham Borough Council and BBC Radio Berkshire.