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Churchill enrolled into St. George's School at Ascot, in Berkshire. He was a boarder there from 1882 to 1884. The following school report card was issued towards the end of his time there. Though he was at best, a rather willful and wayward child, there were certainly signs that he was an intelligent and bright lad.
Founded in 1877, the school motto means - "They will conquer who overcome themselves"
Winston Churchill is pictured on right in 1880, aged six.
Winston wrote briefly in his book, My Early Life (first printed in 1930) about his time at St. George's. It is a humorous yet touching account, revealing an era of school life far removed from today.
Concerning the school itself, he wrote: "The school...was one of the most fashionable and expensive in the country. It modelled itself upon Eton and aimed at being preparatory for that Public School above all others. It was supposed to be the very last thing in schools."
Of the very strict discipline regime, Churchill lamented: "Flogging with the burch in accordanc with the Eton fashion was a great feature in its curriculum.... Two or three times a month the whole school was marshalled in the Library, and one or more delinquents were haled off to an adjoining apartment by the two head boys, and there flogged until they bled freely, while the rest sat quaking, listening to their screams."
What indications were there from Churchill's report card that revealed qualities of leadership?
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