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Waingels College
Motto Seeking quality in all
Type Comprehensive community school
Principal Richard Green
Specialism Mathematics and Computing College
Location Waingels Road
Woodley
Berkshire
RG5 4RF
Flag of England England
LEA Wokingham
Ofsted number 110070
Students 1,424
Gender Co-educational
Ages 11 to 18
Houses 6
School colours Green and gold
Website School website

Waingels College (previously Waingels Copse School) is a co-educational comprehensive secondary school located in Woodley, Reading, Berkshire, England. A comprehensive school is a Secondary school and State school for children from the age of 11 to at least 16 that does not select children on the basis of academic For the article on The Community School in Sun Valley Idaho, see Community School (Idaho. Mathematics and Computing Colleges were introduced in England in 1995 as part of the Government's Specialist Schools Programme which was designed to raise standards Woodley is a Town in the English county of Berkshire. It forms part of the urban area of Reading, although not part of the Borough of Reading Berkshire (ˈbɑːkʃə or /ˈbɑːkʃɪə/ say Baak-shuh/-sheer sometimes abbreviated to Berks) is a Home County in the South England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Mixed-sex education, (or just Mixed education) also known as Coeducation, is the integrated education to males and females at the same school facilities A comprehensive school is a Secondary school and State school for children from the age of 11 to at least 16 that does not select children on the basis of academic Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational Institution where the final stage of compulsory schooling known as Secondary education, takes Woodley is a Town in the English county of Berkshire. It forms part of the urban area of Reading, although not part of the Borough of Reading Reading (ˈrɛdɪŋ as Redding) is a town in England, located at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, midway between Berkshire (ˈbɑːkʃə or /ˈbɑːkʃɪə/ say Baak-shuh/-sheer sometimes abbreviated to Berks) is a Home County in the South England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland It has a population of 1,500 students but may rise due to overcrowding in the area and an appeals process which now has to take place. Over 400 people apply for entry annually, though there are only 270 places available (a rise from 240 in previous years). The school has specialist status as a Mathematics and Computing College. Mathematics and Computing Colleges were introduced in England in 1995 as part of the Government's Specialist Schools Programme which was designed to raise standards

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Refurbishment

The school recently won a grant of £30 million to perform a full school re-build as most of its buildings are only temporary classrooms.

Learning communities

In September 2006 the school was split into six main learning communities (or houses). Each learning community has its own colour and role model:

Extra-curricular activities

Although particular departments (such as maths and science) run classes for specific groups of students, the vast majority of activities after school are open for all. Examples of sport clubs are:

Waingels wishes for each student to find something that they enjoy doing, so art clubs (Tuesday), science club (TBC), debating groups (Thursday), ICT related clubs (TBC) and drama classes (Tuesday) are also run.

Sporting achievements

The P. E. department at Waingels encourages students to take part in many extracurricular sporting activities such as football. Their main rival is The Bulmershe School, located on the other side of Woodley, as it is a specialist Sports College. The Bulmershe School is a mixed-sex Comprehensive school located in Woodley, Berkshire, England, which first opened in 1964 as a Grammar Sports Colleges were introduced as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom.

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ Interview with the Hoosiers on BBC Berkshire, 18th December 2007 accessed 20th January 2008

External links

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