Woking High School

Woking High School
Motto Inspire, Challenge, Achieve
Type Academy
Location Morton Road
Woking
Surrey
GU21 4TJ
England, UK
Local authority Surrey
DfE URN 139993 Tables
Ofsted Pre-academy reports
Students approx. 1200
Gender Mixed
Ages 11–16
Houses Brunel, Curie, Faraday and Stephenson
Website Woking High School

Woking High School (formerly named Horsell High School) is a coeducational secondary school with academy status, located in the Horsell area of Woking, Surrey, England, UK.

The school has held specialist Technology College status since 2004, and converted to become an academy in 2013. It has around 1200 pupils on roll.[1] The school attracts pupils from many primary schools often from different areas. The forms are named after the nearby private road 'Ridgeway', and the forms in each year group each take a letter from the name. The school offers a number of enrichment activities and schemes. Many pupils from Woking High School go on to Woking College after completing their GCSEs.

Awards

Woking High School has attained many awards including the British Council 'International School' award, 'Healthy Schools' award, 'Investors in People' Gold award, 'Sainsbury's School Games Mark', 'Sportsmark Gold', 'Artsmark Gold', 'ICT Mark', 'Investors in Careers' award, 'Working in Partnership with Parents' award, 'Financial Management Standards in Schools (FMSiS)' award, 'Eco-Schools Silver Award' and 'Investing in Community Engagement (ICE)' award, as well as the 'Technology Specialist School' status.

House system

The house system is a key part of the life of the school. Every student, as well as every member of staff, is allocated to one of the four houses. The exceptions to this are the Senior Leadership Team (SLT), House System Co-ordinator and Learning Co-Ordinators (Head of Years) to ensure impartiality.

The houses are Brunel (yellow), Curie (red), Faraday (blue) and Stephenson (green). There are two tutor groups from every year group in each house. Tutor groups R and E are in Brunel (named after Isambard Kingdom Brunel), I and W are in Curie (named after Marie Curie), D and A are in Faraday (named after Michael Faraday) and G and Y are in Stephenson (named after George Stephenson).

Notable alumni

English footballer Robert Green, who currently plays for Chelsea FC as a goalkeeper and has previously played for Leeds United, Queens Park Rangers, West Ham and Norwich City, attended Woking High School. He has also represented England at England U16, England U18, England B level and for the full England squad. He represented the full England squad in the 2010 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2012.

English musician, singer-songwriter, television presenter and actor Matt Willis, a founding member of pop rock band Busted from 2001 until their split in 2005, attended Woking High School. Willis was also the winner of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! in 2006 and later went on to co-present the spin-off show Get Me Out of Here! NOW!, and was part of the casts of Birds of a Feather and EastEnders.

References

  1. ↑ "Total number of pupils on roll (27 Feb 2013)".
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