The Piggott School

The Piggott School is a Church of England academy secondary school in Wargrave in Berkshire, England. The school has approximately 1, 516 pupils and around 185 teaching staff. The school specialises in Modern Languages and Humanities. It has been awarded International school status by the British Council. The most recent inspection from ofsted achieved a rating of 'Good' in all categories except pupil behaviour which was given 'Outstanding'. The Piggott School has a long established exchange programme with the Ville Gymnasium School der Erftstadt, North Rhine, Westphalia, Germany and a more recent link with Wyndhams School in Boston, Massachusetts. It is a partner school of the EU organised Comenius project. The Piggott School is also the only church of England secondary school in the Reading, Twyford area. Many of its students come from Robert Piggott Junior in Wargrave and Colleton Primary School in Twyford. The Piggott School is one of the best performing secondary schools in the Wokingham District. HistoryThe Piggott School was founded by Robert Piggott, a philanthropist, to cater for 20 poor boys and 20 poor girls in separate schools. The foundation stone was laid on 12 October 1939 it was officially opened on 17 September 1940. The school was originally built for 320 children. It was too small as soon as it was opened in 1940, because war had broken out and a massive evacuation programme was underway (2 million children moved out of London in 3 days). This meant a doubling of the local population of children and far more children had to be accommodated. Morning school was therefore organised for ‘home’ children’. Afternoon school was for the ‘visitors’.

The Piggott School is a Church of England academy secondary school in Wargrave in Berkshire, England. The school has approximately 1, 516 pupils and around 185 teaching staff. The school specialises in Modern Languages and Humanities. It has been awarded International school status by the British Council. The most recent inspection from ofsted achieved a rating of 'Good' in all categories except pupil behaviour which was given 'Outstanding'. The Piggott School has a long established exchange programme with the Ville Gymnasium School der Erftstadt, North Rhine, Westphalia, Germany and a more recent link with Wyndhams School in Boston, Massachusetts. It is a partner school of the EU organised Comenius project. The Piggott School is also the only church of England secondary school in the Reading, Twyford area. Many of its students come from Robert Piggott Junior in Wargrave and Colleton Primary School in Twyford. The Piggott School is one of the best performing secondary schools in the Wokingham District. HistoryThe Piggott School was founded by Robert Piggott, a philanthropist, to cater for 20 poor boys and 20 poor girls in separate schools. The foundation stone was laid on 12 October 1939 it was officially opened on 17 September 1940. The school was originally built for 320 children. It was too small as soon as it was opened in 1940, because war had broken out and a massive evacuation programme was underway (2 million children moved out of London in 3 days). This meant a doubling of the local population of children and far more children had to be accommodated. Morning school was therefore organised for ‘home’ children’. Afternoon school was for the ‘visitors’.