Waingels College

Waingels College

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name = Waingels College


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motto = "Seeking quality in all"
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type = Comprehensive community school
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head = Richard Green
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specialist = Mathematics and Computing College
street = Waingels Road
city = Woodley
county = Berkshire
country = ENG
postcode = RG5 4RF
LEA = Wokingham
ofsted = 110070
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enrollment = 1,424
gender = Co-educational
lower_age = 11
upper_age = 18
houses = 6
colours = Green and gold
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website = http://www.school-portal.co.uk/GroupHomePage.asp?GroupID=191978
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Waingels College (previously Waingels Copse School) is a co-educational comprehensive secondary school located in Woodley, Reading, Berkshire, England. 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.

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:
*Astor - White, first Millionaire
*Rowling - Yellow, after the famous Author.
*DaVinci - Blue, after the Artist.
*Holmes - Red, after the Olympic Gold Medalist at Long Distance.
*Turing - Black, Famous Mathematician.
*Brunel - Green, Creator of the Great Western Railway.

ports Day History

This years sport day, held at Palmer Park on July 11th, was won by Da Vinci. Last years winners were Brunel. These two teams are actually paired houses, and leader Mr Wood (a PE teacher) has spoken of his proudness of both teams. The 2008 Sports Day saw Rowling come in at second place, followed by a tie for third. Turing lost the event, but not without a fight. Perhaps the best part of the day was the Teacher's Relay - an event that saw 24 the teaching staff race for their house. Although not everyone took part in Sports Day, everybody enjoyed some aspect of the day. Well done, Waingels!

porting 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.

Notable alumni

* Gregory Moore, professional wrestler best known by his in ring name of GI Moore All American Hero
* James Henry, a professional footballer currently playing for Reading F.C.
*Irwin Sparkes vocalist with the indie pop band The Hoosiers [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/berkshire/content/articles/2007/12/18/hoosiers_interview_feature.shtml Interview with the Hoosiers on BBC Berkshire, 18th December 2007] accessed 20th January 2008]
* Sam Ward, drummer in the Progressive Thrash band No Made Sense
* Joe Ward, Stuart, Chris and James Steele of the Metal band Exit Ten
* Jamie Willcox, Guitarist of Pure Reason Revolution

References

External links

* [http://www.school-portal.co.uk/GroupHomePage.asp?GroupID=191978 Waingels official website]
* [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/110/110070.pdf Ofsted report]
* [http://schoolsfinder.direct.gov.uk/8724060/overview/ Directgov school overview]
* [http://www.dfes.gov.uk/cgi-bin/performancetables/dfe1x1_01.pl?Code=&Mode=Z&School=8724060 DfES statistics]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/education/04/school_tables/secondary_schools/html/872_4060.stm BBC report]

* [http://schoolsfinder.direct.gov.uk/8724060/overview/ Schoolsfinder review]


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