The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College, Woking

In its own words: "We have created an inclusive and caring learning environment, in which all learners, both young people and adults, are challenged appropriately to:"

In 2026, pupils at The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College averaged an Attainment 8 score of 51.1, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 50.8 in Surrey and 47 across England.

53% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 54% in Surrey and 47% in England.

That is up from 48.7 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.01: pupils made about average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 41, against 53.2 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 12.2 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 32 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Religious Studies and History.

For September 2026 entry, 227 families put The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College as their first choice and 568 named it as one of their preferences, for 338 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College are Hoe Valley School (1.6 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 48.3); Woking High School (1.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 51.4); St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School, Woking (2.3 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 60.5); and Gordon's School (2.9 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 64.8).

The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Of the 292 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 89% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 29% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

In 2026, 237 pupils (16.5%) received SEN support and 38 (2.6%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia.

The nearest railway station is Brookwood Rail Station, about 1.6 miles away in a straight line.

19 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Crematorium (opposite), 100 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 161 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Surrey (76), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College issued 286 suspensions, 19.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 4 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College are St John's Primary School (0.3 miles), The Hermitage Infant School (0.3 miles), The Hermitage Junior School (0.4 miles) and St Hugh of Lincoln Catholic Primary School (0.4 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.