The Willink School | |
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School Lane , , RG7 3XJ | |
Coordinates | 51°23′46″N 1°04′13″W / 51.396°N 1.0704°W |
Information | |
Type | Comprehensive community school |
Motto | Fides et Amor (Faith and Love) |
Established | 1957 |
Local authority | West Berkshire |
Department for Education URN | 110048 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Chair of Governors | Alison Kerevan |
Headteacher | Nicolle Browning |
Gender | Co-educational |
Age | 11 to 18 |
Enrolment | 1,218 |
Houses |
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Publication | WeLink [1] |
Website |
willinkschool |
The Willink School is a comprehensive community school in Burghfield Common, Berkshire, United Kingdom. Founded in 1957, the school is co-educational and has an enrolment of 1,218 students aged 11–18. The headteacher is Nicolle Browning.
The school opened on 8 January 1957 as a secondary modern with an enrolment of 245. [2] [3] It was named after Henry George Willink (1851–1938), the former chairman of the Berkshire County Education Committee who lived in Burghfield. [4]
The school underwent significant expansion in the 1970s, and in the 1980s a leisure centre was built as part of the site. [3] In 1996, the school became one of the first in the country (and the first in Berkshire) to be awarded Language College status. [3] [5] The leisure centre was expanded in 1997 to include a 25-metre (27 yd) swimming pool. [3] By the end of the decade, enrolment at the school had reached 789. [6] In 2005 it had risen to 927, [7] and had reached 1,030 by the time of the school's 2012 Ofsted inspection. [8]
The school is a co-educational comprehensive, and as such is non-selective in its admissions at Key Stage 3 and 4. [9] Its current enrolment—from Year 7 to Year 13—is 1,218; of these, 228 are in the sixth form. [10] [11] The school's planned admission numbers for each year group in the 2022–23 academic year was 208; the actual intake that academic year was 206. [12]
Feeder schools for the Willink include primary schools in Aldermaston, Burghfield and Burghfield Common, Mortimer, and Ufton Nervet, although the school reports admissions from schools across Berkshire and north Hampshire. [12]
Admission to the sixth form is selective, with offers dependent on predicted GCSE grades as well as an entrance interview. [11] The majority of students continue into the Willink sixth form after Year 11, although a large minority undertake Key Stage 5 education elsewhere. A small minority was recorded as having entered apprenticeships. [13]
The school governing body consists of 20 governors. The current chair of the governing body is Alison Kerevan. [14]
Operationally, the school is led by a seven-member senior leadership team comprising the head teacher, a deputy head teacher, three assistant head teachers, an assistant deputy head, and the data manager. [15] [16] The school's headteacher is Nicolle Browning who took up the position at the beginning of the 2023–24 academic year. [17] [18]
The school has had four headteachers since its founding. [3] Mary Hulbert received an OBE in the 1993 Birthday Honours for services to education. [19]
At its most recent full Ofsted inspection, carried out in February 2014, the Willink School was judged to be "good", with behaviour and safety described as "outstanding". [10] A short follow-up inspection in 2018 stated that the school continued to be "good". [20] Results of that year's Ofsted Parent View, in which the body allows parents, carers, and guardians to feedback opinions about educational establishments, [21] showed that 95% of agreed that children were happy at the school and 97% agreed that they were safe. Behaviour and bullying received the most criticism, with 10% of parents believing that behaviour was not well managed and 8% believing that bullying was not effectively dealt with. [22]
The school's three previous inspection reports graded it "satisfactory" (2009 and 2012) or "good" (2005). [10]
At GCSE level, 69% of students during the 2021–22 academic year achieved grade 5 or above in English and Mathematics; [23] the West Berkshire average was 55% and the national average 50%. [23] At A-Level, the school had a 100% pass rate with 91% of students achieving A*–C and 38% attaining A* or A grades. [24] Undergraduate degree courses favoured by the highest-achieving students that year were those involving computer science, with those students going to study at either the University of Southampton or the University of Bristol. [24]
The school uses a house system; since 2005 the houses have taken their names from major global cities. The current system of seven houses ( Berlin, London, Mexico, New York, Paris, Shanghai, and Tokyo) was adopted in September 2021; [25] between 2005 and 2021 the houses were Barcelona, London, Milan, New York, Paris, and Sydney. [26] Prior to this, the school consisted of four houses named after local manors ( Abbots, Bannister, Ufton, and Wokefield).[ citation needed]
Seven cosmopolitan 'global cities' showing geographical, cultural, and linguistic diversity have been selected [from September 2021]: Shanghai, Berlin, New York City, Tokyo, Paris, Mexico City and London.
The Willink School | |
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Address | |
| |
School Lane , , RG7 3XJ | |
Coordinates | 51°23′46″N 1°04′13″W / 51.396°N 1.0704°W |
Information | |
Type | Comprehensive community school |
Motto | Fides et Amor (Faith and Love) |
Established | 1957 |
Local authority | West Berkshire |
Department for Education URN | 110048 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Chair of Governors | Alison Kerevan |
Headteacher | Nicolle Browning |
Gender | Co-educational |
Age | 11 to 18 |
Enrolment | 1,218 |
Houses |
|
Publication | WeLink [1] |
Website |
willinkschool |
The Willink School is a comprehensive community school in Burghfield Common, Berkshire, United Kingdom. Founded in 1957, the school is co-educational and has an enrolment of 1,218 students aged 11–18. The headteacher is Nicolle Browning.
The school opened on 8 January 1957 as a secondary modern with an enrolment of 245. [2] [3] It was named after Henry George Willink (1851–1938), the former chairman of the Berkshire County Education Committee who lived in Burghfield. [4]
The school underwent significant expansion in the 1970s, and in the 1980s a leisure centre was built as part of the site. [3] In 1996, the school became one of the first in the country (and the first in Berkshire) to be awarded Language College status. [3] [5] The leisure centre was expanded in 1997 to include a 25-metre (27 yd) swimming pool. [3] By the end of the decade, enrolment at the school had reached 789. [6] In 2005 it had risen to 927, [7] and had reached 1,030 by the time of the school's 2012 Ofsted inspection. [8]
The school is a co-educational comprehensive, and as such is non-selective in its admissions at Key Stage 3 and 4. [9] Its current enrolment—from Year 7 to Year 13—is 1,218; of these, 228 are in the sixth form. [10] [11] The school's planned admission numbers for each year group in the 2022–23 academic year was 208; the actual intake that academic year was 206. [12]
Feeder schools for the Willink include primary schools in Aldermaston, Burghfield and Burghfield Common, Mortimer, and Ufton Nervet, although the school reports admissions from schools across Berkshire and north Hampshire. [12]
Admission to the sixth form is selective, with offers dependent on predicted GCSE grades as well as an entrance interview. [11] The majority of students continue into the Willink sixth form after Year 11, although a large minority undertake Key Stage 5 education elsewhere. A small minority was recorded as having entered apprenticeships. [13]
The school governing body consists of 20 governors. The current chair of the governing body is Alison Kerevan. [14]
Operationally, the school is led by a seven-member senior leadership team comprising the head teacher, a deputy head teacher, three assistant head teachers, an assistant deputy head, and the data manager. [15] [16] The school's headteacher is Nicolle Browning who took up the position at the beginning of the 2023–24 academic year. [17] [18]
The school has had four headteachers since its founding. [3] Mary Hulbert received an OBE in the 1993 Birthday Honours for services to education. [19]
At its most recent full Ofsted inspection, carried out in February 2014, the Willink School was judged to be "good", with behaviour and safety described as "outstanding". [10] A short follow-up inspection in 2018 stated that the school continued to be "good". [20] Results of that year's Ofsted Parent View, in which the body allows parents, carers, and guardians to feedback opinions about educational establishments, [21] showed that 95% of agreed that children were happy at the school and 97% agreed that they were safe. Behaviour and bullying received the most criticism, with 10% of parents believing that behaviour was not well managed and 8% believing that bullying was not effectively dealt with. [22]
The school's three previous inspection reports graded it "satisfactory" (2009 and 2012) or "good" (2005). [10]
At GCSE level, 69% of students during the 2021–22 academic year achieved grade 5 or above in English and Mathematics; [23] the West Berkshire average was 55% and the national average 50%. [23] At A-Level, the school had a 100% pass rate with 91% of students achieving A*–C and 38% attaining A* or A grades. [24] Undergraduate degree courses favoured by the highest-achieving students that year were those involving computer science, with those students going to study at either the University of Southampton or the University of Bristol. [24]
The school uses a house system; since 2005 the houses have taken their names from major global cities. The current system of seven houses ( Berlin, London, Mexico, New York, Paris, Shanghai, and Tokyo) was adopted in September 2021; [25] between 2005 and 2021 the houses were Barcelona, London, Milan, New York, Paris, and Sydney. [26] Prior to this, the school consisted of four houses named after local manors ( Abbots, Bannister, Ufton, and Wokefield).[ citation needed]
Seven cosmopolitan 'global cities' showing geographical, cultural, and linguistic diversity have been selected [from September 2021]: Shanghai, Berlin, New York City, Tokyo, Paris, Mexico City and London.