The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College
Hermitage Road, St Johns, Woking, GU21 8TL
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Mrs Zoe Johnson-Walker
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Woking
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,500
- Pupils on roll
- 1,439
- URN
- 125314
- Local authority
- Surrey
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01483476861
About this school
The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College is a foundation secondary school in Woking. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 1,439 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 15 November 2023, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 287 | 292 | 300 |
| Attainment 8 score | 49.3 | 47.5 | 48.7 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.04 -0.13 to +0.20 | -0.01 -0.18 to +0.15 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 51% | 48.6% | 48.7% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 71% | 68.5% | 71% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 60% | 54.8% | 57.3% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Surrey average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 49.3 | 38.7 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 47.5 | 39.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 48.7 | 38.6 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,504 |
| 2023/24 | 1,524 |
| 2024/25 | 1,471 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College compares
The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College ranked 33rd of 54 secondary schools in Surrey for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 71% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 18% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 48.7 | 7.9% | 19% | 1,439 | — |
| Hoe Valley School | 46.9 | 8.4% | 24.9% | 892 | 1.6 miles |
| Woking High School | 54.3 | 7% | 20.1% | 1,205 | 1.7 miles |
| St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School, Woking | 58.1 | 5.3% | 6.8% | 1,512 | 2.3 miles |
| Gordon's School | 63.6 | 4.7% | 3.4% | 988 | 2.9 miles |
| The Bishop David Brown School | 45 | 7.4% | 27.2% | 790 | 3.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 19.03%
- English as an additional language
- 21.8%
- Overall absence
- 7.88%
- Persistent absence
- 20.45%
Location
Nearby schools
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Hoe Valley School1.6 miles
Secondary · Woking
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Woking High School1.7 miles
Secondary · Woking
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St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School, Woking2.3 miles
Secondary · Woking
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Gordon's School2.9 miles
Secondary · Woking
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The Bishop David Brown School3.7 miles
Secondary · Woking
Other schools in Woking
The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College ranks 4th of the 6 ranked secondary schools in Woking.
- Gordon's School Secondary
- Hoe Valley School Secondary
- St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School, Woking Secondary
- The Bishop David Brown School Secondary
- Woking High School Secondary
- Barnsbury Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Beaufort Primary School Primary
- Bisley CofE Primary School Primary
- Broadmere Primary Academy Primary
- Brookwood Primary School Primary
- Goldsworth Primary School Primary
- Holy Trinity CofE Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College teach?
- The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Woking.
- Who is the headteacher of The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College?
- The headteacher of The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College is Mrs Zoe Johnson-Walker, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College?
- The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College has 1,439 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College full?
- The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College has capacity for 1,500 pupils and 1,439 on roll (96%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College a faith school?
- No. The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College has no designated religious character.
- Is The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College a selective school?
- No. The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- How have The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 49.3 in 2022/23 and 48.7 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College rank locally?
- The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College ranked 33rd of 54 secondary schools in Surrey for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 71% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 18% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College's absence rate?
- The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College's overall absence rate is 7.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 8 July 2026.