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The Willink School
The Willink School is a comprehensive community school in Burghfield Common, Berkshire, United Kingdom. Founded in 1957, the school is co-educational and has an enrolment of 1,218 students aged 11–18. The headteacher is Nicolle Browning.
The school opened on 8 January 1957 as a secondary modern with an enrolment of 245. It was named after Henry George Willink (1851–1938), the former chairman of the Berkshire County Education Committee who lived in Burghfield.
The school underwent significant expansion in the 1970s, and in the 1980s a leisure centre was built as part of the site. In 1996, the school became one of the first in the country (and the first in Berkshire) to be awarded Language College status. The leisure centre was expanded in 1997 to include a 25-metre (27 yd) swimming pool. By the end of the decade, enrolment at the school had reached 789. In 2005 it had risen to 927, and had reached 1,030 by the time of the school's 2012 Ofsted inspection.
The school is a co-educational comprehensive, and as such is non-selective in its admissions at Key Stage 3 and 4. Its current enrolment—from Year 7 to Year 13—is 1,218; of these, 228 are in the sixth form. The school's planned admission numbers for each year group in the 2022–23 academic year was 208; the actual intake that academic year was 206.
Feeder schools for the Willink include primary schools in Aldermaston, Burghfield and Burghfield Common, Mortimer, and Ufton Nervet, although the school reports admissions from schools across Berkshire and north Hampshire.
Admission to the sixth form is selective, with offers dependent on predicted GCSE grades as well as an entrance interview. The majority of students continue into the Willink sixth form after Year 11, although a large minority undertake Key Stage 5 education elsewhere. A small minority was recorded as having entered apprenticeships.
The school governing body consists of 20 governors. The current chair of the governing body is Alison Kerevan.
Operationally, the school is led by a seven-member senior leadership team comprising the head teacher, a deputy head teacher, three assistant head teachers, an assistant deputy head, and the data manager. The school's headteacher is Nicolle Browning who took up the position at the beginning of the 2023–24 academic year.
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The Willink School
The Willink School is a comprehensive community school in Burghfield Common, Berkshire, United Kingdom. Founded in 1957, the school is co-educational and has an enrolment of 1,218 students aged 11–18. The headteacher is Nicolle Browning.
The school opened on 8 January 1957 as a secondary modern with an enrolment of 245. It was named after Henry George Willink (1851–1938), the former chairman of the Berkshire County Education Committee who lived in Burghfield.
The school underwent significant expansion in the 1970s, and in the 1980s a leisure centre was built as part of the site. In 1996, the school became one of the first in the country (and the first in Berkshire) to be awarded Language College status. The leisure centre was expanded in 1997 to include a 25-metre (27 yd) swimming pool. By the end of the decade, enrolment at the school had reached 789. In 2005 it had risen to 927, and had reached 1,030 by the time of the school's 2012 Ofsted inspection.
The school is a co-educational comprehensive, and as such is non-selective in its admissions at Key Stage 3 and 4. Its current enrolment—from Year 7 to Year 13—is 1,218; of these, 228 are in the sixth form. The school's planned admission numbers for each year group in the 2022–23 academic year was 208; the actual intake that academic year was 206.
Feeder schools for the Willink include primary schools in Aldermaston, Burghfield and Burghfield Common, Mortimer, and Ufton Nervet, although the school reports admissions from schools across Berkshire and north Hampshire.
Admission to the sixth form is selective, with offers dependent on predicted GCSE grades as well as an entrance interview. The majority of students continue into the Willink sixth form after Year 11, although a large minority undertake Key Stage 5 education elsewhere. A small minority was recorded as having entered apprenticeships.
The school governing body consists of 20 governors. The current chair of the governing body is Alison Kerevan.
Operationally, the school is led by a seven-member senior leadership team comprising the head teacher, a deputy head teacher, three assistant head teachers, an assistant deputy head, and the data manager. The school's headteacher is Nicolle Browning who took up the position at the beginning of the 2023–24 academic year.