Teacher of English

The Winstanley School is a co-educational, non-denominational secondary (11-16) school, serving the Braunstone Town community in Leicestershire. Our published admissions number is 600, with 120 in each year group, meaning we get to know our students closely to ensure they make the best progress possible. Since January 2017 we have been part of the LiFE MAT, which includes Bosworth Academy (11-18) secondary school with a local primary school joining soon. 

Co-Headteachers

Gareth Williams and Dave Bennett

Vision

We have a compelling desire to provide high quality, personalised and rounded education for everyone, right in the heart of our local community. We believe that that no school can be deemed successful unless all those around it are also successful, popular and flourishing. Hence we believe that dynamic, mutually accountable collaboration and challenge between local schools as members of the LiFE MAT is the cornerstone of our future success.

Each school is seen as a leader of and vital to its local community; each school is regarded as fundamental to the identity of its surrounding community.

Values

• Ensuring that every student achieves positive, life changing outcomes
• Providing a whole education: academic excellence co-existing with an exceptional      commitment to activity beyond
• The relentless pursuit of excellence by; expecting this of every person, every day; recognising and celebrating behaviours that lead to great progress and promoting and celebrating elite performance inside school and in the wider world
• Valuing the diversity and qualities of our staff and students
• Ensuring that all students and staff feel known, appreciated and supported
• Committing whole-heartedly to collaboration within, between and beyond our academies.

Students gain much from the facilities and extra-curricular activities available, from a new state of the art dance and drama studio to a 25 metre indoor heated swimming pool. Students are encouraged to participate in extra-curricular activities such as music, sport and charity events, as well as numerous educational trips, as these also play an important part in their development.

Ofsted 

“Students wear their uniform with pride. Their conduct in and around the school is good. At lunch and break times they interact sensibly with others. At the end of their social time they come back into the school quickly and ready to learn. When asked what they particularly liked about the school, students said that their teachers were really helpful and that they received both praise and support from them.”