The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College: admissions history
How many families applied, how many places there were, and how far the last place went - every year we hold.
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, so in 2026 a family who put it first could expect an offer unless the school's other criteria ruled them out.
Demand has been fairly steady: 255 first choices in 2021, against 227 in 2026.
Across Surrey, 81% of families were offered their first-choice secondary school for 2026 entry, and 96% were offered one of the schools they named.
In 2025, families in Surrey lodged 383 appeals against secondary school offers; 264 reached a hearing and 46 succeeded (17.4% of those heard).
Applications and offers by year
| Entry year | Places offered | First choices | Named at all | First choices per place | First choices not offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 338 | 227 | 568 | 0.7 | 0 |
| 2025 | 343 | 222 | 589 | 0.6 | 0 |
| 2024 | 291 | 226 | 523 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2023 | 298 | 261 | 605 | 0.9 | 17 |
| 2022 | 296 | 231 | 591 | 0.8 | 12 |
| 2021 | 295 | 255 | 626 | 0.9 | 21 |
| 2020 | 296 | 222 | 589 | 0.8 | 14 |
| 2019 | 299 | 246 | 583 | 0.8 | 10 |
| 2018 | 297 | 259 | 626 | 0.9 | 25 |
| 2017 | 297 | 266 | 602 | 0.9 | 13 |
| 2016 | 298 | 255 | 603 | 0.9 | 14 |
| 2015 | 298 | 270 | 621 | 0.9 | 20 |
| 2014 | 316 | 252 | 618 | 0.8 | 15 |
Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school-level file). "Places offered" is the number of offers made on national offer day, which can differ from the school's published admission number.