The Willink School

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The Willink School
Motto Fides et Amor
Established 1957
Type Comprehensive community school
Religious affiliation Non-denominational
Headmaster Mr P Fry
Specialism Language College
Location School Lane
Burghfield Common
Berkshire
RG7 3XJ
United Kingdom
LEA West Berkshire
Ofsted number 110048
Students 913
Gender Co-educational
Ages 11 to 18
Houses Barcelona, London, New York, Paris, Milan, Sydney
Website Official website
Coordinates: 51°23′49″N 1°04′12″W / 51.397, -1.0700

The Willink School is a co-educational comprehensive located in the village of Burghfield Common, Berkshire. The school was founded in 1957, becoming fully-comprehensive in 1975.

Combines its traditional village ethos with a forward planning appreciation of the future

– Good Schools Guide (date unknown)

[1]

Contents

[edit] Qualifications

[edit] Language College

The school was awarded language college status in 1994 - the first school in the county with such an honour.[2] However, the official website is contradictory and in numerous examples states the accolade as 1996.

[edit] Secondary Education

[edit] Subjects

Subject Key Stage 3 GCSE
Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Year 11
Art Compulsory Compulsory Compulsory Optional Optional
Business Education - - - Optional Optional
Careers Some Some Compulsory Compulsory Compulsory
Design Technology Compulsory Compulsory Compulsory Optional Optional
Drama Compulsory Compulsory Compulsory Optional Optional
English Compulsory Compulsory Compulsory Compulsory Compulsory
French Compulsory Compulsory Compulsory Optional Optional
Geography Compulsory Compulsory Compulsory Optional Optional
German - Optional Optional Optional Optional
History Compulsory Compulsory Compulsory Optional Optional
Information and Communications Technology Compulsory Compulsory Compulsory Optional Optional
Mathematics Compulsory Compulsory Compulsory Compulsory Compulsory
Music Compulsory Compulsory Compulsory Optional Optional
Physical Education Compulsory Compulsory Compulsory Compulsory Compulsory
Personal and Social Education Compulsory Compulsory Compulsory Compulsory Compulsory
Religious Education Compulsory Compulsory Compulsory Compulsory Compulsory
Spanish - Optional Optional Optional Optional
Science Compulsory Compulsory Compulsory Compulsory Compulsory

Design Technology is divided into four core areas:

Subjects in the Year 7 to 11 Curriculum

[edit] Leaver Statistics

Year Group Destination Category No  %
2005 2005
11 Willink Sixth Form 75 45
College 46 4
Vocational Training 4 2
Total in Full-time Education and Training 125 73
Employment (with or without formal training) 28 17
Total 153 90
Unemployed/unknown 11 7
Moved away 4 3
TOTAL 168 100

Destinations of School Leavers - July 2005

[edit] Sixth Form College

The Willink School also offers post-secondary education.

[edit] Courses

NB: all qualifications are A level unless otherwise stated - list correct as of 2006/07 academic year.

[edit] Adult Education

The Modern Foreign Language department at the school offers evening classes for the local community. [3] The courses run for ten weeks and the languages on offer are:

[edit] OFSTED Inspection

The 2005 OFSTED inspection ranked the school (in most sections) as grade two - "generally above average with none [sic] significantly below average". The following assessments were classed as grade one - "exceptionally and consistently high":

  • Provision, support and guidance of learners (post-secondary)
  • Effective and efficient resource management (school-overall) [4][5]

Full OFSTED report

[edit] House System

Until the end of the 2004/05 academic year, the houses at The Willink were named after four local ecclesiastical parishes:

However, at the start of the 2005 autumn term, the number of houses was augmented and renamed as:

[edit] Leisure Centre

Built in 1997, the Willink Leisure Centre provides for both the school and the local community. Originally partially funded by local councils, the centre is now managed by Parkwood Leisure on behalf of the local authority. [6]

[edit] Facilities

[edit] References

  1. ^ Lucas, R., (n.d). The Good Schools Guide. London: Lucas Publications
  2. ^ The Willink ::: Language College
  3. ^ The Willink ::: Adult Education
  4. ^ http://www.westberks.org/GroupDownloadFile.asp?GroupID=3045&ResourceId=25399
  5. ^ Whitmore High School
  6. ^ West Berkshire Council - Willink Leisure Centre
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