Cherry Willingham Community School

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Cherry Willingham Community School
Type Sports College
Headteacher David Mills
Location Cherry Willingham
Lincoln
England
Website http://www.cwcs.lincs.sch.uk

Cherry Willingham Community School (formerly Cherry Willingham Comprehensive School and Cherry Willingham Secondary Modern School) is a school for pupils aged 11-16 on Croft Lane in the village Cherry Willingham, located just outside the city of Lincoln, England.

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[edit] History

It was opened in 1965 as a secondary modern school, becoming comprehensive in the 1970s. The school replaced a secondary school at nearby Fiskerton. In the 1980s, either the school or a secondary modern at Sturton by Stow were proposed for closure, with the school at Sturton receiving the unwelcome decision to be closed.

[edit] Facts

  • Approximately 600 pupils attend the school, and approximately 80 staff work there.
  • The school was renamed Cherry Willingham Community School in 1997.
  • The school gained sports college status in 2003.
  • The school operates a traditional house system. The 4 houses were formerly named after Stately Homes located in Lincolnshire (such as Burghley House), but are now named after local RAF bases; Coningsby, Waddington, Cranwell and Scampton, which correspond with the school's initials (CWCS).
  • In 2007, 40% of pupils at 16 gained 5 grades A-C at GCSE, including English and Maths.

[edit] Buildings

  • The Main Block
  • The Fletcher Block (formerly the New Block), opened in 1972, reopened in 2001.
  • The Whittle Science Block
  • The Borthwick Block, opened in 1998
  • The Dorothy Bowman Art Studio
  • The Sports Hall, opened in 2002 by Princess Alexandra
  • The Darwin Block, opened in 2004
  • The Technology Corridor (adjoining the main block)

[edit] Awards

  • Achievement Award (twice)
  • Schools Curriculum Award (twice)
  • Sportsmark (three times)
  • Artsmark Silver

[edit] LSSG

The school joined with six other secondary schools in the area to make the 'Lincoln Specialist Schools Group' (LSSG) in July 2007. The move will see the schools share staff, specialist resources and even governors.

Schools in LSSG:

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