Winchmore School

Winchmore School
Address
Laburnum Grove Winchmore Hill , Greater London , N21 3HS United Kingdom
Coordinates	51°37′48″N 0°05′29″W
Information
Type	Community school
Established	1956 (1956)
Local authority	Enfield London Borough Council
Specialist	Arts
Department for Education URN	102045 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Headteacher	Jim Owen[1]
Gender	Mixed
Age range	11–18
Enrolment	1,630 (2018)[2]
Capacity	1,433[2]
Website	www.winchmore.enfield.sch.uk

Winchmore School is an 11–18 mixed, community secondary school and sixth form in Winchmore Hill, Greater London, England. It was established in 1956 as a secondary modern school[3] and has been a specialist arts college since 2004.[4]

History

Winchmore council school was established in 1914 in Highfield Road for infants and juniors. In 1932, a secondary department was added, which became a secondary modern school after reorganisation following the Education Act 1944. In 1956, the seniors moved to the newly established Winchmore School on the opposite side of Highfield Road. It was converted to a comprehensive school in 1967.[5] In 2001, it was identified by Ofsted as achieving better results than other schools with its students who were of Black-Caribbean origin, who made up 13 per cent of the students at that time.[6]

Buildings

The school is made up of three main buildings, two three-floor buildings and one two-floor building. After 1956, the school continued to make use of prefabricated building on the primary school site for many years. It was initially called Winchmore Secondary Modern and its headmaster was Mr Shepherd. Later the school changed its name to Winchmore School.^[citation needed]

Jackson family

In 2009 Tito Jackson visited the school and spoke to a group of students.[7] Following this, Katherine Jackson gave a trophy to the school, which the headteacher awarded to a pupil who had "made a great contribution in every sphere of expressive arts".[7]

Notable alumni

• Brian Bennett, drummer, pianist, composer and producer of popular music (when the school was Winchmore Council School)^[citation needed]
• Marcus Edwards, footballer[8]
• JME, grime artist
• Linda Lusardi, actress, television presenter and former glamour model^[citation needed]
• Gregory Motton, playwright and author (when the school was Winchmore Comprehensive)^[citation needed]
• Skepta, MC, rapper, songwriter and record producer
• Kazaiah Sterling, footballer

References

1. "Welcome". Winchmore School. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
2. "Winchmore School". Get information about schools. GOV.UK. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
3. Dalling, Graham (2006). "Oakfields". Secondary Schools a history. London Borough of Enfield. Archived from the original on 8 November 2007. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
4. "Specialist Arts College | Winchmore School". www.winchmore.enfield.sch.uk. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
5. T F T Baker, R B Pugh (Editors), A P Baggs, Diane K Bolton, Eileen P Scarff, G C Tyack (1976). "Edmonton: Education". A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 5: Hendon, Kingsbury, Great Stanmore, Little Stanmore, Edmonton Enfield, Monken Hadley, South Mimms, Tottenham (1976), pp. 196–203. British History Online. Retrieved 24 November 2009. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
6. Davey, Anthea (November 2005). "Aiming high". Teachernet. Department for Children, Schools and Families. Retrieved 27 April 2009.
7. "Winchmore School pupil scoops Michael Jackson trophy". 20 December 2009. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
8. "Marcus Edwards: Tottenham's dazzling wonder kid". 24 April 2016.