How many pupils attend The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College?

The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College has 1,439 pupils on roll.

How do I apply to The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College?

The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for secondary places is 31 October.

What is the largest ethnic background at The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College?

According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 67.8% of pupils at The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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How places are decided at The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College

When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Year 7), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1Looked after / previously looked after / IAPLAC — Looked After Children, Previously Looked After children and Internationally Adopted Previously Looked After Children.
2Sibling — Children who have a sibling attending the school at date of application.
3Major medical, social, compassionate or family need — Children with major medical, social, compassionate, or family need, supported by written evidence from a doctor/consultant (medical) or a social worker, health visitor, housing officer, police or probation officer (social).
4Specialist aptitude places — Up to 38 specialist places available to children who live outside of the admission area: up to 23 places based on an English/Maths aptitude test, and up to 15 places to pupils with an aptitude for music (aural test plus two further assessed musical activities).
5Service Children in Education Premium — Children who are eligible for the Service Children in Education Premium (parent currently serving in, or who died serving in, the UK regular armed forces and in receipt of a relevant pension).
6Children of staff — Children of staff who are employed at the school.
7Admission area — Children living within the admission area shown on a map by a line which indicates the area which the school is principally designed to serve.
8Outside admission area — Children living outside the admission area identified under criterion 7.

If two applications tie: In the event of over-subscription within any criterion, children living nearest the school will be given higher priority. Distance is measured in a straight line from the address point of the pupil's home (Ordnance Survey) to the nearest school gate available for pupils to use, using the School Admissions team's GIS. Where two or more children share a priority for a place (e.g. equidistant), lots will be drawn, supervised by someone independent of the school; a fresh round of drawing is used each time a child is offered a place from the waiting list.

Children with an Education, Health & Care Plan that names the school are admitted in accordance with the DfE Code of Practice on Admissions & Special Educational Needs (Section 324 of the Education Act 1996), separately from these numbered criteria.

Published by the admission authority. Meeting a criterion never guarantees a place — it sets the order places are offered in. Full detail, other entry points and previous years are on the Admissions tab.