Winstanley College
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Winstanley Road ,, WN5 7XF England | |
Coordinates | 53°31′25″N2°42′10″W/ 53.5237°N 2.7029°W |
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Former name | Upholland Grammar School |
Type | Sixth form college |
Established | 1977 |
Local authority | Wigan |
Specialist | A-Levels |
Department for EducationURN | 130522Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Chair | James Pearson |
Principal | Louise Tipping |
Deputy Principal | Deborah Owen |
Gender | Coeducational |
Age | 16 to 19 |
Enrolment | 1,803 |
Colour(s) | Blue, White |
Affiliations | Maple Group |
Website | www |
Winstanley Collegeis asixth-form collegein theBillinge Higher Endarea of theMetropolitan Borough of Wigan,Greater Manchester.
Admissions
[edit]In the academic year 2021-22 it had 2080 full-time students.[1]The catchment area spreads across several areas of theNorth West of England,incorporating much ofWigan,Bolton,Preston,Salford,West Lancashire,Chorley,Warrington,St. Helens,SeftonandKnowsley.
Buildings
[edit]The college has undergone a major re-development; including the building of a part student-designed extension to the Science block and an extension to the Social Sciences block to extend the classrooms and accommodate the new Criminology qualification.[citation needed]
Student Union and Societies
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Winstanley College Students' Union is an independent union and a member of theNational Union of Students.The student union is run by the Student Union Executive, which contains eight officers. Usually, each officer is a second-year student, elected by Lower Sixth students, going into the Upper Sixth year. The college also accommodates a BAME society, LGBTQ society and has students sat on the Equality and Diversity group.[2]
History
[edit]Grammar school
[edit]The college officially began life asUpholland Grammar School,which was founded in 1661, initially opened on School Lane, Up Holland.[3]The grammar school later moved to the Ox House Heyes Estate on Oxhouse Road in 1878, now the present-day site ofUp Holland High School.[4][5]The grammar school moved to its present site onWinstanley Roadin Billinge Higher End in September 1953. It had 600 boys and girls in the 1960s and had 750 by 1976. During World War II the grammar school had its own Air Cadet Squadron – 1439 (Beacon) squadron with the headmaster Alfred Maggs BA MSc as the first commanding officer (Flt Lt A. Maggs RAFVR(T)).
Sixth form college
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It was renamed Winstanley College in August 1977,[6]and at that time, it ceased to enrol new pupils at age 11, gradually becoming a sixth form college. By September 1981, no pupils remained in the lower forms, and the transformation to a sixth-form college was complete. In 1995 the college was inspected by theFurther Education Funding Council,where it was awarded Grades 1 and 2 in most categories, having been awarded a Grade 3 in accommodation.[7]In 1999 the College was reinspected by the FEFC where the college received Grade 1s in most areas, except in the areas of General Resources, where it was awarded a Grade 2, and Governance, where it was awarded a Grade 3.[8]Following the abolition of the Further Education Funding Council in 2000, the college was inspected by Ofsted for the first time in 2004 and it received an outstanding award, the highest award available from an Ofsted inspection, and following reinspection in 2007, the college would again receive an Outstanding award.[9][10][11]In early 2009, plans were unveiled for an extensive redevelopment of the grounds, which was subsequently put to the Learning & Skills Council for approval. In mid-2009 the project was shelved for lack of grant funding. Since that time the college has redeveloped the 1950s buildings by replacing its flat roofs, the music block was replaced with a £3m building for media and performing arts which was completed in 2012. A replacement library block and new accommodation for physical sciences and biology, along with a refurbishment of the maths building was completed in 2014.[12]In March 2019, a new social sciences building was opened, home to sociology, psychology, health and social care.[12]The college was reinspected in 2020, and it received a good award.[13]
Notable alumni
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- Richard Ashcroft,Pete Salisbury, Simon Jones &Nick McCabe- from the bandThe Verve.[6]
- Sara Bayman– Netball player forEngland;bronze medallist at the2010 Commonwealth Games.[14]
- Shaun Briscoe– rugby league footballer forHull Kingston Roversformerly ofWigan WarriorsandHull
- Sam Darbyshire–HollyoaksJamie "Fletch" Fletcher
- Helen Don-Duncan,backstrokeswimmer in the200m eventat the2000 Olympics
- Roger Draper,Chief Executive since 2006 of theLawn Tennis Association
- Matthew McNulty–The Terror,Lt Little
- Ibinabo Jack,VeraDC Jacqueline Williams
- Lucy Gaskell–CasualtyKirsty Clements
- David Grindley– British400 metrerunner. Bronze medallist at the 1992Barcelona Olympic Games[6]
- Leah Hackett–HollyoaksTina McQueen
- Nisha Katona– chef
- Adam McClean–BBC BreakfastandBBC Newsjournalist (founded college TV station Winstanley TV)
- Leon Osman– professional footballer forEverton FC[6]
- Carley Stenson–HollyoaksSteph Dean,Shrek the MusicalPrincess Fiona,Legally Blonde (musical)Elle Woods,Les Miserables (musical)Fantine
- Davinia Taylor(néeMurphy), actress
- Georgia Taylor–Coronation StreetToyah Battersby,CasualtyRuth Winters
- Nicholas Woods– first-class cricketer
Upholland Grammar School
[edit]- Catherine Ashton, Baroness Ashton of Upholland–High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,former Leader of theHouse of LordsandEuropean Commissioner for Trade[6]
- Dr.Charles Bamforth,Professor of Brewing at the University of California
- Thomas Berridge,Liberal MP from 1906 to 1910 forWarwick and Leamington(his father was a former headmaster)
- John Carleton,rugby union player
- George Henry Evans Hopkins,entomologist
- Linder Sterling,photographer and performance artist
- ProfAllan Matthews,Professor of Surface Engineering and Tribology atThe University of Manchester,Director of the BP International Centre for Advanced Materials
- CanonJoseph Robinson,Canon ofCanterburyand Master of theTemple
- Peter Williams (English rugby player),rugby union
References
[edit]- ^"Winstanley College - Financial Statements - To 31 July 2022"(PDF).
- ^"Societies List".Retrieved4 January2022.
- ^"Old Grammar School, School Lane, Up Holland, Lancashire | Educational Images | Historic England".historicengland.org.uk.Retrieved22 October2023.
- ^"UGS Rugby Teams".ugs.Archived fromthe originalon 26 March 2012.Retrieved12 August2023.
- ^"Local Life - Wigan - March 2022 by Local Life 247 Ltd - Issuu".issuu.com.16 February 2022.Retrieved22 October2023.
- ^abcdeBarton, Laura (23 November 2009)."Lady Ashton went to my school".The Guardian.London.Retrieved23 November2009.
- ^"Winstanley College: report from the Inspectorate"(PDF).CORE - The world’s largest collection of open access research papers.9 March 1998.Archived(PDF)from the original on 29 December 2023.Retrieved29 December2023.
- ^"Winstanley College Report from the Inspectorate 1999-2000"(PDF).UCL - IOE - Faculty of Education and Society.16 March 2000.Archived(PDF)from the original on 29 December 2023.Retrieved29 December2023.
- ^"Winstanley College College Inspection Report 2004"(PDF).Winstanley College.31 January 2001. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 9 January 2006.Retrieved15 September2023.
- ^"Winstanley College".Ofsted.8 October 2004.Archivedfrom the original on 29 December 2023.Retrieved29 December2023.
- ^"Winstanley College - Inspection report".Ofsted.11 August 2009.Archivedfrom the original on 15 September 2023.Retrieved15 September2023.
- ^ab"PROJECT SHEET - WINSTANLEY COLLEGE"(PDF).City Build.8 December 2020.Retrieved15 September2023.
- ^"Inspection of Winstanley College".Ofsted.3 March 2020.Archivedfrom the original on 28 March 2023.Retrieved15 September2023.
- ^"Sara Bayman".Winstanley College.Archived fromthe originalon 11 October 2018.Retrieved12 August2023.