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John Willmott School

Community secondary school in Sutton Coldfield, England

Summary

Community secondary school in Sutton Coldfield, England

Field	Value
name	John Willmott School
image	John Wilmott School - geograph.org.uk - 1860129.jpg
motto	"Potential into Reality"
established	1958
type	Academy
trust	The Arthur Terry Learning Partnership
head_label	Headteacher
head	N Gould
address	Reddicap Heath Road
city	Sutton Coldfield
county	West Midlands
country	England
postcode	B75 7DY
local_authority	Birmingham City Council
urn	144721
ofsted	yes
enrolment	950
gender	Coeducational
lower_age	11
upper_age	16
houses	Spitfire, Wellington, Hurricane & Lancaster
website

The Royal Sutton School is a coeducational secondary school located in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, England. It is part of the Arthur Terry Learning Partnership, a local Multi Academy Trust.

After consultation The Royal Sutton School changed its name from John Wilmott School.

In 2024 JWS achieved 'good' in all areas. Areas of commendation included: a sense of pride among pupils; staff know the pupils well; a wide range of opportunities for pupils to develop and teaching staff have a strong understanding of their subject.

History

John Willmott Grammar 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's last year of selective intake, based on the 12+ test, was 1974. It became a comprehensive and changed its name to John Willmott School in 1975.

The school was awarded specialist status as a Technology College in September 2001.

Previously a community school administered by Birmingham City Council, in July 2019 John Willmott School converted to academy status. The school is now sponsored by the Arthur Terry Learning Partnership.

Statistics

When Ofsted inspected the school in December 2023, it graded achievement and standards as good in all areas. Overall results have improved at a rate faster than the national average, with 2009 results reaching a new high, and the best results in the school's history.

Sport

Football has been the main sport at John Willmott School for the later part of its history, overtaking rugby. Rugby started off as its predominant sport when John Willmott was a grammar school. It has become gradually less popular, but rugby is being re-introduced at the school and an effort is being made to create a new team to represent the school.

Other sports are offered, such as softball, tennis, badminton, trampolining, table tennis, volleyball, athletics, dancing and basketball.

Notable former pupils

Paul Agnew - international leading tenor
Tony Capaldi - plays for Northern Premier League Premier Division side Rushall Olympic as a defender
Amy Jones - English cricketer
Andrew Moffat - teacher, author and creator of No Outsiders education programme
Darius Vassell - retired English footballer
Emma Willis - English television presenter and former model
Stacey Cadman - English actress
Ray Smedley - Represented GB in the Munich Olympics in the 1500 metres
Demi Rose - Model and social media personality

References

"Alumni".

Wikipedia Source

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