John Willmott School

Community secondary school in Sutton Coldfield, England

John Willmott School
Address

Reddicap Heath Road Sutton Coldfield , West Midlands , B75 7DY England
Information
Type	Academy
Motto	"Potential into Reality"
Established	1958
Local authority	Birmingham City Council
Trust	The Arthur Terry Learning Partnership
Department for Education URN	144721 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Headteacher	N Gould
Gender	Coeducational
Age	11 to 16
Enrolment	950
Houses	Spitfire, Wellington, Hurricane & Lancaster
Website	https://johnwillmottschool.co.uk/

John Willmott School is a coeducational secondary school located in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, England. It is part of the Arthur Terry Learning Partnership, a successful local Multi Academy Trust.

After consultation John Wilmott School is going through the process of changing its name to: Royal Sutton School.

In 2024 JWS achieved 'good' in all areas. Areas of commendation included: a sense of pride among pupils; staff know the pupils well; a wide range of opportunities for pupils to develop and teaching staff have a strong understanding of their subject.

History

John Willmott Grammar School was founded in the name of Alderman John Willmott. It was opened in 1958 as a co-educational grammar school in an award-winning building. The school's last year of selective intake, based on the 12+ test, was 1974. It became a comprehensive and changed its name to John Willmott School in 1975.

The school was awarded specialist status as a Technology College in September 2001.

Previously a community school administered by Birmingham City Council, in July 2019 John Willmott School converted to academy status. The school is now sponsored by the Arthur Terry Learning Partnership.

The current school motto is: 'Turning potential into reality'. A weekly focus on different virtues means that students are supported with character development both personally and academically.

Statistics

When Ofsted inspected the school in December 2023, it graded achievement and standards as good in all areas. Overall results have improved at a rate faster than the national average, with 2009 results reaching a new high, and the best results in the school's history.

Sport

Football has been the main sport at John Willmott School for the later part of its history, overtaking rugby. Rugby started off as its predominant sport when John Willmott was a grammar school. It has become gradually less popular, but rugby is being re-introduced at the school and an effort is being made to create a new team to represent the school.

Other sports are offered, such as softball, tennis, badminton, trampolining, table tennis, volleyball, athletics, dancing and basketball.

Notable former pupils

Paul Agnew - international leading tenor ^[1]
Tony Capaldi - plays for Northern Premier League Premier Division side Rushall Olympic as a defender
Amy Jones - English cricketer
Andrew Moffat - teacher, author and creator of No Outsiders education programme
Darius Vassell - retired English footballer
Emma Willis - English television presenter and former model
Stacey Cadman - English actress
Ray Smedley - Represented GB in the Munich Olympics in the 1500 metres
Demi Rose - Model and social media personality