title: Winchmore School
text: # Winchmore School
  
  Winchmore School is an 11–18 mixed, community secondary school and sixth form in Winchmore Hill, Greater London, England. It was established in 1956 as a secondary modern school and has been a specialist arts college since 2004.
  
  ## History
  
  Winchmore council school was established in 1914 in Highfield Road for infants and juniors. In 1932, a secondary department was added, which became a secondary modern school after reorganisation following the Education Act 1944. In 1956, the seniors moved to the newly established Winchmore School on the opposite side of Highfield Road. It was converted to a comprehensive school in 1967. In 2001, it was identified by Ofsted as achieving better results than other schools with its students who were of Black-Caribbean origin, who made up 13 per cent of the students at that time.
  
  ## Buildings
  
  The school is made up of three main buildings, two three-floor buildings and one two-floor building. After 1956, the school continued to make use of prefabricated building on the primary school site for many years. It was initially called Winchmore Secondary Modern and its headmaster was Mr Shepherd. Later the school changed its name to Winchmore School.
  
  ## Jackson family
  
  In 2009 Tito Jackson visited the school and spoke to a group of students. Following this, Katherine Jackson gave a trophy to the school, which the headteacher awarded to a pupil who had "made a great contribution in every sphere of expressive arts".
  
  ## Notable alumni
  
  * Brian Bennett, drummer, pianist, composer and producer of popular music (when the school was Winchmore Council School)
  * Marcus Edwards, footballer
  * JME, Grime Artist
  * Linda Lusardi, actress, television presenter and former glamour model
  * Gregory Motton, playwright and author (when the school was Winchmore Comprehensive)
  * Skepta, MC, rapper, songwriter and record producer
  * Kazaiah Sterling, footballer
  