The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College
Secondary · Foundation school · Ages 11–16 · Woking, Surrey
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Surrey County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
Year 7 last distance offered, 2024–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College is a secondary school in Woking, Surrey for ages 11–16 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 15 November 2023. Surrey has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2024 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, as 20 of the 55 other Surrey secondary schools with a published outcome also did.
- Year 7 2026 had 227 first-choice applications for 338 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 111 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 2024/25 GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above: 49% (England 45%), the 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Surrey.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Surrey schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Hermitage Road, St Johns, Woking, GU21 8TL
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Surrey
- Pupils on roll
- 1,439 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 15 November 2023
Strengths
- “This is an inclusive school, with high expectations for pupils’ conduct and achievement.”
- “Pupils are encouraged to do well, not just academically but also in developing the skills they need to contribute to the world outside of school.”
- “They benefit from ‘Winston extra’ lessons where, among other things, they are supported to reflect on their strengths and development needs around a framework of what the school calls ‘Winston competencies and skills’.”
To improve
- “A small minority of pupils challenge these expectations from time to time, though these are dealt with swiftly.”
- “However, this is not yet consistent across areas of the school.”
- “However, the school recognises that those who are disadvantaged do not always achieve as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 December 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 49% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 48.7 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 227 first-preference applications, 338 offers in total, 227 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Surrey.
- Hoe Valley School 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Woking High School 1.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School, Woking 2.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Gordon's School 2.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Bishop David Brown School 3.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Christ's College, Guildford 4.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Fullbrook School 4.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- George Abbot School 4.7 mi Improved significantly Last distance published