The Windsor Boys' School Explained
The Windsor Boys' School is a comprehensive 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
Previously known as Windsor Grammar School, the school 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 Fawley Challenge Cup at the Royal Henley Regatta eight times in recent history.[6] The most recent win was in 2024 beating Marlow Rowing Club in the final.[7]
Old Windsorians
- Stephen Grey, British investigative journalist and author, known for revealing details of the CIA's programme of extraordinary rendition.
- Tony Hayward, British businessman and former chief executive of oil and energy company BP.
- Peter Jones, British entrepreneur and businessman, investor on the television programme Dragons' Den.
- Martin Kemp, British art historian and Leonardo da Vinci specialist.[8]
- Sir Peter James Luff, Chair of the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Member of Parliament (1997- 2015), Defence Minister (2010-2012).
- Joe Morrison, football presenter on channels TEN Sports, TEN Action+, and SONY SIX.
- Adam Freeman-Pask, British International rower, World Bronze medallist, European Silver medallist and London 2012 Olympian.
- Ed Baker, British entomologist and bioacoustician.
- Will Quince, British Conservative politician and lawyer, Member of Parliament for Colchester.
- Jack Stacey, football player for Premier League team Bournemouth F.C.
- Charles Delacourt-Smith, Baron Delacourt-Smith, CH (1917–72), British trade unionist and Labour Party politician.
- Alan West, Baron West of Spithead, retired admiral of the Royal Navy, Under-Secretary of State (2007–10), First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff (2002–06).
- Alex Haydock Wilson, British track and field athlete representing Team GB, 2023 British 400m Champion, and 2024 Olympic Games 4x400m mixed relay bronze medalist[9]
References
- Web site: Headteacher's Welcome The Windsor Boys' School. 5 September 2021.
- Web site: The Windsor Boys' School - GOV.UK. 2023-06-25. Get Information about Schools. en.
- Web site: The Windsor Boys' School. Schoolsnet. 23 November 2012.
- News: "News in Brief." Times, 19 Jan. 1939, p. 9. The Times. 19 January 1939 . 9 .
- Web site: A Short History of the House System at The Windsor Boys' School . The Windsor Boys' School . 16 August 2020 .
- Web site: Recent Winners Henley Royal Regatta . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20191130153435/https://www.hrr.co.uk/recent-winners . 2019-11-30 . 2019-09-11 . www.hrr.co.uk.
- Web site: Results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231206010958/https://www.hrr.co.uk/results/?race-year=2022 . 2023-12-06 . 2024-04-24 . Henley Royal Regatta . en-GB.
- Web site: Lankford . Mike . 17 August 2018 . The Keeper of the Keys Tells His Tale . lareviewofbooks.org/ . Los Angeles Review of Books . 17 August 2020 .
- Web site: 2024-08-03 . Paris 2024 Olympics: Great Britain win mixed 4x400m relay bronze . 2024-08-03 . BBC Sport . en-gb.
