Wandsworth Comprehensive School
| Established | 2003 |
|---|---|
| Type | Academy |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Headteacher | Mr Niall Gallagher |
| Location |
Sutherland Grove Southfields Greater London England SW18 5JR United Kingdom 51°26′51″N 0°12′30″W / 51.44753°N 0.2084°WCoordinates: 51°26′51″N 0°12′30″W / 51.44753°N 0.2084°W |
| Local authority | Wandsworth |
| DfE URN | 141808 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports Pre-academy reports |
| Students | 950 |
| Gender | Mixed-sex education |
| Colours | Burgundy, Green and Grey |
| Diocese | Southwark |
| Website | www |
Saint Cecilia's Church of England School (commonly referred to as 'Saint Cecilia's') is a Church of England secondary school in Southfields, south-west London. It opened in 2003 as Saint Cecilia's, Wandsworth Church of England School, and was renamed on 1 March 2015.
It is situated in Southfields. junction (near Putney Heath) of the A3 with the A219. It is just north of the Southfields tube station.
It opened as a voluntary aided school in September 2003 with one year group of 150 pupils. It has been growing incrementally year by year until it reached 750 pupils across Years 7 to 11 in the 2007/2008 academic year. It opened its sixth form in 2008 and has now reached a total expansion of up to 950 children.
In March 2015 the school converted to academy status.
Saint Cecilia's Church of England school caters for pupils of both sexes aged 11 to 18. The school operates a strong classic academic focus with most traditional GCSEs covered in addition an extended core including Statistics, Personal finance and extra specialism Music and Maths lessons in addition to core subjects and a wide range of option subjects. The most popular option subject taken at GCSE is Triple Science.
In July 2009 it was announced the school would begin a house system. In September 2009 five houses were introduced. They were (with house colours later voted for by the pupils of each house):
The separate houses accumulate points, with the highest-scoring house being awarded the House Cup at the end of each academic year. There are also various inter-house competitions held throughout the year, including both sporting and non-sporting events.
Accompanying the House System, there is also a successful Mentor system. Mentors are essentially teachers from the school leading this group of 15 pupils looking out for them. In each year group, there are 10 mentor groups, 2 mentor groups for each house in the year group, for example 9A2 meaning Year 9, Archimedes house and the second mentor group.
In the spring term of 2010 Saint Cecilia's hosted the BBC junior Question Time part of the BBC school's question time challenge. The school was judged in various categories including citizenship skills, creativity and project management. The school invited guests Justine Greening, MP for Putney and James O'Brien, the radio host of London talk station LBC 97.3. The proceedings included pupils playing a live version of the Question time theme to introduce the discussion. Saint Cecilia's was announced on the BBC website as one of the 4 national champions. In April 2010 a Saint Cecilia's, Wandsworth pupil was also the regional champion in the Jack Petchey speak out challenge beating competitors from every school in Wandsworth. Also in December 2009 another pupil was also named 'Wandsworth Young Performer of the year 2009' title with a performance of the Nina Simone classic, ‘Feeling Good’.
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