Foundation school

The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College

Mixed · ages 11–16 · no sixth formSurrey, South East · Woking GU21 8TLSchool website
Pupils on roll
1,439of 1,500 places
Free school meals
19.0%
Year 11 cohort 2025
300
Ofsted
School remains Good, 15 November 2023Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College has no sixth form. Of the 287 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 63% moved to a sixth form college, 24% to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.

Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 63% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.

German is unusually popular at GCSE: 30% of the year group took it, against 5% of pupils across England.

GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 48.7 against 46.1 across England and 50.8 in Surrey, with 49% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Surrey and England.

This school
Surrey
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureThis schoolSurreyEngland
Pupils in the cohort28711,758607,348
Any sustained destination95%94%92%
Stayed in education91%89%86%
— school sixth form3%29%34%
— sixth form college63%32%13%
— further education college24%26%37%
— other education1%3%2%
Apprenticeship2%2%3%
Employment2%2%3%
No sustained destination5%4%6%
Destination unknown2%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureThis schoolSurreyEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)48.750.846.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths49%55%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths71%74%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects57%44%41%
EBacc average point score4.354.554.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort16%15%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils36.432.634.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils51.054.250.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language24%12%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Language29899%89%19%20%71%
Mathematics29899%88%22%22%76%
Religious Studies28896%31%16%32%50%
English Literature28194%86%20%21%82%
Combined Science23077%65%6%9%60%
History16655%41%21%26%63%
Business Studies15351%18%11%20%53%
Geography11639%41%30%25%70%
German9030%5%17%33%67%
Drama8328%7%10%27%65%
French7425%18%35%29%78%
Biology6421%23%53%45%80%
Physical Education5920%11%22%24%81%
Film Studies5217%1%13%20%67%
Chemistry5217%23%73%47%98%
Physics5217%23%79%46%98%
Art and Design4114%7%20%24%73%
Design and Technology4114%11%22%23%78%
Computer Science3712%13%24%30%57%
Music227%5%68%33%100%
Food Preparation and Nutrition196%8%21%21%79%
Statistics186%5%61%20%100%
Latin165%1%56%74%94%
Astronomy124%0%8%29%42%
Textiles114%2%45%27%82%
Portuguese41%0%50%
Chinese31%1%75%
Polish21%1%84%
Spanish10%19%27%
Russian10%0%87%
Italian10%0%53%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Childcare Skills38
Speech and Drama37
Health Studies21
Manufacturing Engineering19
Hospitality / Catering Studies16

Other secondary schools in Surrey

Ash Manor School

Community school · 1,252 pupils

84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.7

Blenheim High School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,370 pupils

88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.4

Broadwater School

Academy converter · 750 pupils

86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 55.9

Carrington School

Academy converter · 1,012 pupils

90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.0

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.