Golden Schools - Olympic Medal Winners

Gold medal winning Schools As debate rages, about the number of Olympians who attended Independent schools versus those from state schools, we thought we'd examine the medal winners.

Millfield, an independent school in Somerset, with a fearsome sports reputation and very many sports scholars (some on full-fees), heads the list with 2 British golds - Helen Glover, rowing and Peter Wilson, shooting - though neither are Millfield's most famed sports. Perhaps it is Millfiled's sporting ethos that nurtures the competitive, sporting edge,

'Sports scholars tell us that serious sportsmen and women need to hunker down and concentrate on excellence in their chosen sport - not the place for all rounders if you’re playing at the highest levels: ‘It’s very full time’. [Source The Good Schools Guide review of Millfield School].

Interestingly Millfield have already launched their 2016 programme - with an eye and mindset firmly on Rio. However, state schools have their share of extremely talented golden boys and girls, very many feature among the gold medal winners. The glistening picture shows:

93 per cent of British children are educated at state schools. Approximately 70 per cent of Gold medal winners attended a state senior school.
All three golden athletes attended state school.
The three boxers were all state school educated.
Rowing has multiple winners from independent schools. Half of the gold medalists coming from independent schools.
12 of the medalists are cyclists but only one attended an independent school.
Tennis ace and golden boy Andy Murray was state school educated though sailor Ben Ainslie went to a Cornish independent school.

See below for medal winning schools:

NB We have won 29 events but gold medal winners total more as a number are from team sports, with each individual competitor awarded a medal. Congratulations to all.

Golden Schools
Olympian	Sport	School	Status
Nicola Adams	Boxing	Agnes Stewart CofE High School - W Yorkshire (Closed in 2006)	State
Ben Ainslie	Sailing	Truro School - Cornwall	Independent
Tim Baillie	Canoe Slalom	Westhill Academy - Aberdeenshire	State
Laura Bechtolsheimer	Equestrian	St Mary's School Calne - Wiltshire	Independent
Scott Brash	Equestrian	Peebles High School - Peebleshire	State
Alistair Brownlee	Triathlon	Bradford Grammar School - W Yorkshire	Independent
Steven Burke	Cycling - Track	Park High School - Lancashire	State
Luke Campbell	Boxing	Pickering High School Sports College (Closed 2009) now Sirius Academy - N Yorkshire	State
Peter Charles	Equestrian	Liverpool	Unknown
Ed Clancy	Cycling - Track	Shelley High School (Now Shelley College) - W Yorkshire	State
Katherine Copeland	Rowing	Yarm School - Teeside	Independent
Charlotte Dujardin	Equestrian	Vandyke Upper School and Comunity College - Bedfordshire	State
Jessica Ennis	Athletics - Heptathlon	King Ecgbert School - S Yorkshire	State
Mo Farah	Athletics -10,000m	Feltham Community College - Middlesex and Isleworth and Syon School - Middlesex	State
Helen Glover	Rowing	Millfield School - Somerset	Independent
Katherine Grainger	Rowing	Bearsden Academy - E Dunbartonshire	State
Alex Gregory	Rowing	Prince Henry’s High School - Worcestershire	State
Carl Hester	Equestrian	Elizabeth College - Guernsey	Independent
Philip Hindes*	Cycling - Track	Heinrich Heine Gymnasium, Kaiserslautern	State
Sophie Hosking	Rowing	Kingston Grammar School - Surrey	Independent
Chris Hoy	Cycling - Track	George Watson's College - Edinburgh	Independent
Tom James	Rowing	The King’s School (Chester) - Cheshire	Independent
Jade Jones	Taekwondo	Flint High School - Flintshire	State
Anthony Joshua	Boxing	Kings Langley School - Hertfordshire	State
Peter Kennaugh	Cycling - Track	St Ninian's High School, Douglas IoM	State
Jason Kenny	Cycling - Track	Mount St Joseph Business & Enterprise College - Lancashire	State
Dani King	Cycling - Track	Hamble Community Sports College - Hampshire	State
Ben Maher	Equestrian	Saffron Walden County High School - Essex	State
Ed McKeever	Canoe - Sprint	St Laurence School - Wiltshire	State
Andy Murray	Tennis	Dunblane High School - Perthshire	State
Victoria Pendleton	Cycling - Track	Fearnhill School - Hertfordshire	State
Pete Reed	Rowing	Cirencester Deer Park School, Gloucestershire	State
Joanna Rowsell	Cycling - Track	Nonsuch High School For Girls - Surrey	State
Greg Rutherford	Athletics - Long Jump	Denbigh School - Buckinghamshire	State
Nick Skelton	Equestrian	Bablake School - Coventry	Independent
Heather Stanning	Rowing	Gordonstoun School - Invernesshire	Independent
Etienne Stott	Canoe Slalom	Biddenham Upper School and Sports College - Bedfordshire	State
Geraint Thomas	Cycling - Track	Whitchurch High School - Cardiff	State
Andrew Triggs Hodge	Rowing	Upper Wharfedale School - N Yorkshire	State
Laura Trott	Cycling - Track	Turnford School - Hertfordshire	State
Anna Watkins	Rowing	Westwood High School (Now Westwood College) - Staffordshire	State
Bradley Wiggins	Cycling	St Augustine's Church of England High School - London	State
Peter Wilson	Shooting	Millfield School - Somerset	Independent