The Bishop David Brown School is a mixed comprehensive

Comprehensive school

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 secondary school

Secondary school

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 for students aged 11 to 16 years, in Woking

Woking

Woking is a large town and civil parish that shares its name with the surrounding local government district, located in the west of Surrey, UK. It is part of the Greater London Urban Area and the London commuter belt, with frequent trains and a journey time of 24 minutes to Waterloo station....

, Surrey

Surrey

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, England. Its former name is Sheerwater Secondary School. In 1982 Sheerwater Secondary School merged with the Queen Elizabeth II School and changed its name to the Bishop David Brown School.

Ofsted

The 2007 OFSTED inspection states "The school is inspiring, motivating and caring". The school, previously in special measures

Special measures

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, was rated as "Good" at that time. The most recent inspection in May 2011 rated the school as Grade 3 - Satisfactory.

Notable former pupils

• Rick Buckler
  Rick Buckler
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   - drummer with The Jam
  The Jam
  The Jam were an English punk rock/New Wave/mod revival band active during the late 1970s and early 1980s. They were formed in Woking, Surrey. While they shared the "angry young men" outlook and fast tempos of their punk rock contemporaries, The Jam wore smartly tailored suits rather than ripped...
  
  
• Bruce Foxton
  Bruce Foxton
  Bruce Foxton is an English rock and roll musician who is best known as the bass player in punk rock bands The Jam and Stiff Little Fingers.-Biography:...
  
   - bass player with The Jam
  The Jam
  The Jam were an English punk rock/New Wave/mod revival band active during the late 1970s and early 1980s. They were formed in Woking, Surrey. While they shared the "angry young men" outlook and fast tempos of their punk rock contemporaries, The Jam wore smartly tailored suits rather than ripped...
  
  
• Jilly Johnson
  Jilly Johnson
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   - an early Page 3 Girl
• Rick Parfitt
  Rick Parfitt
  Richard John Parfitt, OBE is best known for being a singer and the rhythm guitarist in the English rock band Status Quo.-Career:...
  
   - guitarist with Status Quo
• Richard Shaw
  Richard Shaw (footballer)
  Richard Shaw is an English former professional football player, and currently a coach for Millwall....
  
   - footballer Crystal Palace
  Crystal Palace F.C.
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• Richard Short
  Richard Short (actor)
  Richard Ian Porterfield Short is an English actor currently working in Los Angeles. Most recently appeared in the FX Network show "American Horror Story" directed by 'Miguel Arteta' as well as the feature film "The Exhibitionists" for director Michael Melamedoff, playing 'Walter Todd', to be...
  
   - actor
• Paul Weller - member of The Jam
  The Jam
  The Jam were an English punk rock/New Wave/mod revival band active during the late 1970s and early 1980s. They were formed in Woking, Surrey. While they shared the "angry young men" outlook and fast tempos of their punk rock contemporaries, The Jam wore smartly tailored suits rather than ripped...
  
  

External links

• The Bishop David Brown School - official website
• Woking Hall of Fame