Kings' School

Kings' School

Infobox UK school
name = Kings' School


motto = Una Laborantes (Working Together)
phone = 01962 861161
fax = 01962 776587
established = 1985
type = School
head = Mrs Susan Lawrence
specialist = Business and Enterprise
street = Romsey Road
city = Winchester
county = Hampshire
country = England
postcode = SO22 5PN
enrollment = 1640
LEA = Hampshire
ofsted = 116468
gender = Coeducational
lower_age = 11
upper_age = 16
publication =
website = http://www.kings-winchester.hants.sch.uk/

Kings' School is a comprehensive school in Winchester, Hampshire. It is the National Centre of Excellence for Virtual Schools and has recently been awarded Business and Enterprise College Specialist status. Kings' is a large school with about 1,800 pupils.

Achievements

In recent years between 85 and 95% of 15 year olds have achieved five or more GCSE grades A to C, 80-90% including Maths and English. [ [http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/performancetables/ UK Government school performance tables] ]
According to the [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/education/07/school_tables/secondary_schools/html/850_gcse_lea.stm BBC league tables] , Kings' is one of Hampshire's top state schools.

Catchment area

Kings' has a large catchment, inside Winchester, but stretching south to the surrounding villages. It also takes in students from out of catchment from as far north as Andover, and as far south as Southampton in a fleet of yellow buses. Unusually for a State Comprehensive, Kings' also features a boys' boarding house, Kings' School House.

History

Kings' was formed in 1985 by the merging of Danemark girls school and the Winchester Boys' Secondary Modern or Montgomery of Alamein School. These schools could trace their roots back to the Wesleyan Day School (1889), St Thomas's School (1893), St Mary's School (1900) and Danemark Central School (1912).

Former pupils

*Wayne Bridge, footballer.fact|date=October 2007
*Colin Firth, film, television and stage actor (as Montgomery of Alamein School). [ [http://www.firth.com/articles/07express_929.html Colin Firth: I'm no posh pin-up, Daily Express 29 Sept 2007] ]
*Jack Dee, stand-up comedian, actor and writer (as Montgomery of Alamein School).fact|date=October 2007
*Anthony 'Budge' Pountney, Scottish rugby player, now director of rugby at Northampton Saints. [ [http://www.sportasylum.com/page/RugbyBio/0,,10301~988803,00.html Anthony Poutney ("sic") - Hard to Budge] ]
*Oliver Gilsenan (BBC Masterchef contestant)

References

External links

* [http://www.kings-winchester.hants.sch.uk/ School's website]
* [http://www.memoriesofmonty.webeden.co.uk/ Website for former Mongomery of Alamein and Danemark schools]


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