John Willmott School

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name = John Willmott School


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established = 1958
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type = Comprehensive
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head = Mr. Kenneth Nimmo
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chair = Mr. Mike Murray
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specialist = Technology College
street = Reddicap Heath Road
city = Sutton Coldfield
county = West Midlands
country = England
postcode = B75 7DY
LEA = Birmingham
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enrollment = 1,186
gender = Co-educational
lower_age = 11
upper_age = 18
houses = Jupiter, Mercury, Neptune, Orion, Pluto, Saturn, & Venus
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website = http://www.jws.bham.sch.uk/
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John Willmott School is an 11-18 community comprehensive school located in Sutton Coldfield, England and is part of the Birmingham Local Education Authority. and has been a specialist technology college since September 2001. There are 1,186 students on roll, of whom 230 are in the sixth form. Students from a White British background represent 82% of the school population. Although the school is located in the Falcon Lodge area of Sutton Coldfield, the school also serves pupils from elsewhere in Birmingham such as Erdington and Castle Vale. In 2006 (at the time of the last Ofsted report) the proportion of students receiving free school meals and students who have special educational needs were reported as being above the national average.

History

John Willmott School was founded in the name of Alderman John Willmott. It was opened in 1958 as a co-educational grammar school in an award winning building. The school became a comprehensive school in 1975.

House system

In September 2007, John Willmott introduced a house system. At the end of the 2007 Summer Term, a competition was launched to name the individual houses. The competition was judged by staff and the theme "Planets" won with:
*Mercury
*Saturn
*Pluto
*Orion
*Venus
*Jupiter
*Neptune

Recent improvements

Starting in September 2006, the school introduced a range of vocational courses at GCSE level which are in addition to those already available in the sixth form. It is intended that these vocational courses will complement the traditional courses already available. The school has been awarded Lead Department status for Business Studies for the city of Birmingham.

tatistics

When Ofsted inspected the school in March 2006, it graded achievement and standards as Grade 3 (Satisfactory.)

Since this point in time, the overall results have improved at a rate faster than the national average, with 2008 results reaching a new high with by far the best results in the school's history.

The school received its highest GCSE achievement grades, with 65% of pupils getting 5 or more A*-C GCSE grades.

The overall A Level pass rate shot up from 90% to 97% - the best A level results since the school was a Grammar School.

Extra-Curriculum activities

The school holds an annual drama production. Recent productions have included Grease, The Boyfriend, Anything Goes, Calamity Jane and South Pacific.

port

Football has been the main sport at John Willmott School for the later part of its history, overtaking rugby. Rugby started off as the schools predominant sport when John Willmott was a grammar school, however it has become gradually less popular but Rugby is being re-introduced at the school at an effort is being made to create a new team to represent the school. The school football teams have been successful at league and cup level for many years and some of its' former pupils have become international players.

External links

* [http://www.jws.bham.sch.uk/ Official School Website]
* [http://www.jws.bham.sch.uk/jws50/ Official 50th Anniversary Website]
* [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/portal/site/Internet/menuitem.7c7b38b14d870c7bb1890a01637046a0/?event=getReport&urn=103522&inspectionNumber=276942&providerCategoryID=32&fileName=\\school\\103\\s5_103522_20060404.xml Ofsted Report 01/03/06]
* [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/pdf/?inspectionNumber=187116&providerCategoryID=32&fileName=\\school\\103\\s10_103522_20000915.pdf Ofsted Report 22/05/00]