Excellence for All - Windsor High School and Sixth Form is an 11-19 establishment committed to delivering the very best education for all of its students.
A massive congrats to Yusef who has smashed it with 3 A*'s and an A in his A Level results! He has done an amazing job and will be going to study Mechatronic & Robotic Engineering at
@unibirmingham
We are very proud! Well done!
#AlevelResults
#resultsday2022
@WinAcadTrust
The ski trip group have made it off the ferry and are currently driving through France. Anticipated time of arrival at the hotel is around 6pm. Students have coped with the delays with a fantastic attitude!
#Congratulation
! to Mr Deeks Mr Jackson Mr Ebbage and supporting staff with their
#virtualcycle
from Halesowen-Paris. They have now arrived taking a final sprint down the
#ChampsElys
ées! A few facts, they cycled 139 miles each, it took 7hrs4mins & they burned 2300 calories each!
Congratulations to our Year 11 students on their outstanding GCSE results 🎉
Recognition of the tireless work and effort of both students and staff.
We look forward to welcoming our students, along with many from other local schools, into our sixth form!
#gcseresults2020
Congratulations to our Year 13 students on their excellent
#AlevelResults
! 🎉
A fantastic achievement and testament to the hard work and dedication of students and staff.
We wish all of our students well as they progress to university, apprenticeships and their future careers.
Congratulations to all GCSE & ALevel/BTech students for their excellent exam results this year, a testament to the
#hardwork
&
#dedication
shown by both students & staff. Very best wishes with your future plans & look forward to seeing many of you back next week in
#SixthForm
Congratulations to Caroline Tarnowski former Windsor High School and Sixth Form student who won the Placement Student Award 2018 at Loughborough University for her placement at Gatorade and also achieved a first class honours degree.
#Loughboroughuniversity
#undergraduate
.
By 10.30am this morning Mr Deeks, Mr Jackson & Mr Ebbage were 2hours 50minutes in covering 85 kilometres with their
#virtualcycle
from Uganda to Nairobi for
#SportRelief2020
. They’re doing a great job with students giving encouragement! Further update coming. 🚴♀️
@winacadtrust
Students and staff have had a fantastic week skiing in Italy and are on the way home. Many memories have been made, and we can't wait to hear all about it after Easter!
#skiing
#skitrip
School closed - Following the overnight snowfall and the resultant hazardous site and travel conditions we have regretfully had to close school for today Friday 2 March. Information on re-opening will be available via the school website and twitter feed.
We are very proud of Miss Ravenscroft who has completed the Chartered Teacher programme and graduated last weekend, where she also got to talk to Dame Alison Peacock about education and the next steps. Congratulations!
#charteredteacher
#teacher
#education
#graduation
Our new Year 7's have had a brilliant start looking exceptionally smart! And a huge welcome back to all our students ‘Prepared for Excellence!’ Have a fantastic term!
Thank you to everyone who came to see our outstanding production this week of the Disney classic Beauty and the Beast. Stunning performances by the Cast, Musicians, Chorus, Dancers and a massive thank you to the technicians and to all the wonderful staff involved!
@winacadtrust
Congratulations to Madihah who produced an essay at the
@BrilliantClub
course which has been published in the Brilliant Club Publication, The Scholar. The essays go through a rigorous PhD peer review process and she has succeeded amongst top
#scholars
from across the country👌
Great to have Natalie Haythornthwaite
#EnglandNetball
player doing a skills masterclass/Q&A with students before this evenings Sports Awards where Natalie is one of our guest speakers along with former student and Captain of
#BCFC
Ladies
@kerysharrop
@nataliesymone
@winacadtrust
Our ski trip students and staff have arrived safely at Dover, and everyone is in good spirits. We're waiting for an update from the ferry company and will report back tomorrow.
We are really looking forward to welcoming all students back to school this week. Information regarding start dates and times can be found on the school website under: News and Vacancies / Weekly Newsletters.
Year 7 are starting the morning off with a welcome assembly from Mr Lanckham and Mr Jackson. A great start to the day so far!
#year7
#firstdayofschool
#Students
Thank you to
@QueerLitUK
for our fab
@AliceOseman
books which have just arrived - these will fly off our Library shelves. Any Windsor student who reads one of the books this term from our Library will be entered into a draw to win a pin badge!
#reading
#books
#library
#LGBTQ
Mr Deeks, Mr Jackson & Mr Ebbage will be virtually cycling from Uganda to Nairobi tomorrow for
#SportRelief2020
as they would like to make an epic difference! If you wish to donate, please click the link for details
#goodluck
@winacadtrust
Great to be welcoming year 10 and year 12 students and parents into school this week for face-to-face meetings to review their learning, progress and welfare; all whilst observing social distancing protocols.
#learning
#takeopportunities
#socialdistancing
@winacadtrust
Update: by 2pm this afternoon Mr Deeks, Mr Jackson & Mr Ebbage were 7hrs in with their
#virtualcycle
from Uganda to Nairobi for
#SportRelief2020
. They are just outside Nairobi with 30k to go!
#amazingstaff
well done!🚴♀️If you wish to donate:
@winacadtrust
We are currently running a summer week for our new Year 7 students joining us in September. Over 100 students are having fun in numeracy, creating promise booklets in literacy, aspiring to climb the mountain, aiming for targets and learning through football. Well done everyone!😃
In English all Yr7 have taken part in 'The Great Debate' responding to the motion 'This house believes we are destroying the world we live in', building on our work on persuasive texts for Cycle 2. Students showed confidence & compassion in articulating arguments.
@winacadtrust
It was great to welcome our new year 7s to Windsor today who will be joining us in September. Hope you’ve had a fantastic day meeting everyone and we look forward to seeing you all again in September. 😀
Windsor welcomed back former student & now published writer, Elinor Cole to the
#SchoolLibrary
. She read from her latest published collection of poems, Bella, & held a Q&A for our aspiring writers. Students were fantastically engaged! Thank you!
@NellieFayeCole
#poetry
#books
Well done to the Yr12
#Lawstudents
who took part in the
#LegalApprenticeCompetition
. 700 teams competed & the final scores showed that the Windsor team achieved a place in the top 29 percentile. They did extremely well & gained a real insight into skills required to be a
#lawyer
.
Over 400 students from Windsor & 11 of our local primary, secondary & dance schools performed at our Easter Celebration of Dance at
#StourbridgeTownHall
yesterday.
#Windsordancers
used their physical, technical & expressive skills to WOW the audience. And well done Yr9 leaders!
Mrs McAlinden was privileged to attend the Birmingham premiere of This Town featuring our very own Alumni Levi Brown! We are so proud of Levi who is hugely talented and has stayed connected to his Black Country and Windsor roots!
@Levi_jbrown
#ThisTown
Mr Deeks, Mr Jackson & Mr Ebbage are on the last leg of their ‘virtualcycle' from Halesowen to Paris (417miles) to raise money for
@sportrelief
. They are now about 30 minutes from Paris with a treat & encouragement from Mr Lowe.
#willpower
#determination
Windsor High and the Battlefields!
Find out about our moving half term trip to visit the Battlefields in Ypres and the Somme 👇🏼
Thank you to Mr Hamilton for writing a fantastic account of the trip!
#battlefields
#History
@VLittley
@WinAcadTrust
Congratulations to Madihah and Isabel who have both secured offers from the University of Birmingham to study Medicine. Overall 1000 students applied and we are very proud of their achievement. 🎉
#medicine
#careerpath
@UniBirmingham
@winacadtrust
Massive congrats to our Head Boy, Jacob, on his fantastic GCSE results. We are so proud of you and look forward to seeing you at Windsor Sixth Form in September!
#gcseresultsday
#resultsday2023
Students on the ski trip have arrived in Italy and are on the way to get equipment fitted. Students have been in good spirits on the journey and are excited to start skiing tomorrow!
#skitrip
#skiing
Mr Ali has been helping at a food bank in Smethwick since the pandemic started. The food bank supports around 35 families with packs of non-perishable goods on a weekly basis. Well done to Mr Ali and the team for the help they are providing!
Goodbye Year 13 Class of 2020! Keep in touch with the Windsor community, we would love to hear about your next steps and future career paths. Check out the
#WindsorAlumni
website We’ll miss you!
@winacadtrust
The Windsor ski group spent the day on the slopes again yesterday, as well as playing laser tag. For a photo gallery so far, visit our website:
#skitrip
#skiing
#students
Today students will be running 1 mile during lunch, Mr Deeks, Mr Jackson & Mr Ebbage are on their ‘virtual’ cycle from Halesowen to Paris (417miles) & lots more going on to raise money for
@sportrelief
. The
#challenge
is to raise £500!
#greatteamwork
#buzz
Congratulations to all A Level/BTech and GCSE students for their excellent exam results this year, a testament to the
#hardwork
and
#dedication
shown by our students and staff. Well done and looking forward to seeing many of you back at Windsor next week in
#SixthForm
.
Look who came to see us today, his name is Windsor the 6½ month old
#guidedog
in training sponsored by Windsor High School and Sixth Form. Students got to meet him along with his foster carers and hear about his journey so far… & the work of the charity
@guidedogs
@winacadtrust
Last week Windsor Dancers were invited to perform at
@lborouniversity
as part of the
@YourSchoolGames
Opening Ceremony. The ceremony was performed to the young athletes, invited guests and invited Olympic athletes and was also live streamed via the
@YouthSportTrust
Youtube page!
Students in Year 10 organised a collection to make
#Christmas
hampers full of treats which they delivered to Lapal House & Grange Hill House. Staff and residents were overjoyed to receive these and the students involved have been so
#kind
and thoughtful in putting them together!