Winchmore School

Winchmore School is an 11–18 mixed, community secondary school and sixth form in Winchmore Hill, Greater London, England. It was established in 1956 as a secondary modern school.[3]

Winchmore School
Address
Laburnum Grove

Winchmore Hill
,
Greater London
,
N21 3HS

United Kingdom
Coordinates51°37′48″N 0°05′29″W
Information
TypeCommunity school
Established1956 (1956)
Local authorityEnfield London Borough Council
Department for Education URN102045 Tables
OfstedReports
HeadteacherJim Owen[1]
GenderMixed
Age range11–1268
Enrolment1,630 (2018)[2]
Capacity1,433[2]
Websitewww.winchmore.enfield.sch.uk

History

Winchmore council school was established in 1914 in Highfield Road for infants and juniors. In 1932, a secondary department was added, which became a secondary modern school after reorganisation following the Education Act 1944. In 1956, the seniors moved to the newly established Winchmore School on the opposite side of Highfield Road. It was converted to a comprehensive school in 1967.[4] In 2001, it was identified by Ofsted as achieving better results than other schools with its students who were of Black-Caribbean origin, who made up 13 per cent of the students at that time.[5]

Buildings

The school is made up of three main buildings, two three-floor buildings and one two-floor building. After 1956, the school continued to make use of prefabricated building on the primary school site for many years. It was initially called Winchmore Secondary Modern and its headmaster was Mr Shepherd. Later the school changed its name to Winchmore School. The school also has four music rooms all of which have an electronic keyboard on each table.

Jackson family

Winchmore School is the only school in the world to have a long-standing relationship with the Jackson family. In September 2009 the Jackson family awarded year 12 Winchmore student Saul Nash the Michael Jackson Award for Outstanding Achievement in Expressive Arts. Saul was the first person in the world to win the award. Katherine Jackson, who spoke to Saul on the phone and congratulated him, has said that she and her daughter Janet Jackson would like to visit the school sometime in the future. Tito Jackson visited the school in December 2009, when he spoke to a group of students.[6]

Notable Alumni

References
  1. "Welcome". Winchmore School. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  2. "Winchmore School". Get information about schools. GOV.UK. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  3. Dalling, Graham (2006). "Oakfields". Secondary Schools a history. London Borough of Enfield. Archived from the original on 8 November 2007. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
  4. T F T Baker, R B Pugh (Editors), A P Baggs, Diane K Bolton, Eileen P Scarff, G C Tyack (1976). "Edmonton: Education". A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 5: Hendon, Kingsbury, Great Stanmore, Little Stanmore, Edmonton Enfield, Monken Hadley, South Mimms, Tottenham (1976), pp. 196–203. British History Online. Retrieved 24 November 2009.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. Davey, Anthea (November 2005). "Aiming high". Teachernet. Department for Children, Schools and Families. Retrieved 27 April 2009.
  6. http://www.enfieldindependent.co.uk/news/4812988.Young_dancer_shows_all_the_right_moves_to_scoop_Michael_Jackson_trophy/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. https://superhotspur.com/2016/04/24/marcus-edwards-tottenhams-dazzling-wonder-kid/
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