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The Forest School is an all-boys secondary school and mixed sixth form with academy status, located in Winnersh, Berkshire, England.

Woodley Hill Grammar School (1945-1957)
The Forest School began as Woodley Hill Grammar School in 1945 following the Education Act 1944 which required local councils to provide grammar schools for children who passed the 11+ exam. The school was officially opened in April 1946 by its first headmaster Walter G. Jackson. During this time the school was located at Woodley Hill House, Earley.

Forest Grammar School (1957-1974)
In 1957 construction of the Forest Grammar School was completed and the Woodley Hill Grammar School closed. Although new buildings have been built since then the original building is still used.

In November 1965, Nestlé donated an Elliott 405 first-generation valve computer to the school. The BBC science television programme Tomorrow's World broadcast a segment on 5 February 1969 on how the school used this computer to teach the pupils.

The Forest School (1974 - present)
The Forest School became a comprehensive school in 1974.

The Forest School has been a specialist Business and Enterprise College since 2003 and in 2006 was appointed by the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust as the “Enterprise Hub School for Berkshire”.

On 5 February 2006 The Forest School made national headlines after the then caretaker, Stephen Hunt, murdered his wife leaving her body in the school car park where it was later discovered by a member of staff.

In July 2012 The Forest School signed a deal with Reading Football Club under which the Club’s academy players would be educated and study for their GCSEs at the school.

In 2014 the school won a bid to build a new sixth form centre, with planning being approved on 19 January 2015, construction finished in time for the start of the 2016/17 academic year.

Sport
In 2006 the school's under 15s (U15) football team won the National Cup. In 2007 the school's under 16s (U16) football team were runners up in the National Cup, losing narrowly to the opposition. In 2009 The school's under 14s (U14) football team were runners up in the National Cup, losing 2 - 1 to Audenshaw School. The match took place at Manchester United's Old Trafford Stadium in front of over 600 Forest School supporters.

Business and Enterprise Specialism
As a Business and Enterprise Specialist the school includes lessons on Business as part of its curriculum and offers them as GCSE and A-Level options. The school also encourages pupils to develop their own businesses and helps the students run them. For example Forest Design, a graphic design business creating products for internal school use as well as external clients such as Wokingham Borough Council and BBC Radio Berkshire.

The Forest School

 * Nathan Tyson, Former Reading and England Under-20 side who was at Reading FC and now is playing at Derby County.
 * Marcus Willis, British tennis player ranked 772th in the world, playing at Wimbledon 2016.
 * Dan Howell, YouTube personality and BBC Radio 1 DJ. Commonly known as danisnotonfire.
 * Steven Lewington, Former professional wrestler, Most notable while performing as DJ Gabriel on ECW.
 * Danny Kingston, European Judo Champion 1996
 * Ian Parton, lead singer and founder of the Go! Team
 * Jake Cooper defender currently playing for Reading FC
 * Jon Harper, former drummer from the Cooper Temple Clause
 * Alfie Mawson defender currently playing for Swansea City A.F.C.

Forest Grammar School

 * Prof Ivor Goodson, Professor of Learning Theory since 2004 at the University of Brighton, and Professor of Education from 1996-2004 at the University of East Anglia.
 * Prof Martin Chalkley, Professor of Health Economics from 2011 at the University of York, and Professor of Economics from 1999-2011 at the University of Dundee. President of the Scottish Economic Society, 2006-2008.
 * Dr Trevor Hince, Director since 2004 of The Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine.
 * Michael Anthony Price LVO, High Commissioner to Fiji from 2000-2.