The Windsor Boys' School

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The Windsor Boys' School
The Windsor Boys' School logo.svg
Address
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Maidenhead Road

Windsor
,
Berkshire
,
SL4 5EH

England
Coordinates51°28′57″N 0°37′17″W / 51.482586°N 0.62135°W / 51.482586; -0.62135Coordinates: 51°28′57″N 0°37′17″W / 51.482586°N 0.62135°W / 51.482586; -0.62135
Information
TypeAcademy
MottoUno Animo (With One Spirit)
Established1908
Local authorityWindsor & Maidenhead
TrustWindsor Learning Partnership
Department for Education URN141844 Tables
OfstedReports
Head teacherMr S. Furness[1]
GenderBoys
Age13 to 19
Enrolment888[2]
Colour(s)    Green, Amber and Dark Red
Websitetwbs.co.uk

The Windsor Boys' School is an all-boys upper school and sixth form located on Maidenhead Road in Windsor, Berkshire, England, within the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Local Authority. The school specialises in the arts.

History[]

The school used to be called Windsor Grammar School and celebrated its 100th anniversary on 22 September 2008.[3] It moved to the current site in 1939 officially opened by Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone on 18 January 1939.[4]

It welcomed its first non-selective pupils in 1977, completing its transition from a grammar school into a comprehensive school.

On 1 March 2015 the school, together with Windsor Girls' School, became an academy within the Windsor Learning Partnership multi-academy trust.

Houses[]

All students in the school are affiliated to one of the eight houses:

  • Allen
  • Burgess
  • Burnett
  • Ford
  • Lambdin
  • Ottrey
  • Warwick
  • Woodland

Each of the eight houses is named after an old boy who died in either the First or Second World Wars.[5]

Sports[]

The Windsor Boys' School has an active sports programme, and is particularly known for its performances in rugby, football and rowing.

Rowing[]

Windsor Boys' School Boat Club (opened in 1940) is one of the top school rowing clubs in the UK, and among the best sculling schools in the country. Rowers compete at regional and national school events and the club has produced several medallists in international competitions. The club is based in a boathouse situated on the Thames in Windsor, originally built by the Imperial Service College. The club's quad teams have won the prestigious Fawley Challenge Cup at the Royal Henley Regatta seven times in recent history, with the last two wins in 2017 and 2018.[6]

Old Windsorians[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Headteacher's Welcome | The Windsor Boys' School". Retrieved 05 September 2021. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  2. ^ "The Windsor Boys' School - GOV.UK". Get Information about Schools. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  3. ^ "The Windsor Boys' School". Schoolsnet. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  4. ^ ""News in Brief." Times, 19 Jan. 1939, p. 9". Times Digital Archives.
  5. ^ "A Short History of the House System at The Windsor Boys' School". The Windsor Boys' School. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Recent Winners | Henley Royal Regatta". www.hrr.co.uk. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  7. ^ Lankford, Mike (17 August 2018). "The Keeper of the Keys Tells His Tale". lareviewofbooks.org/. Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved 17 August 2020.



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