Wellington School was founded in 1837 to provide a commercial, mathematical and classical education for boys. It was supported financially by the county authorities from 1902, and acquired its present name in 1913.
The school admitted girls into the Sixth Form in the early 1970s and became fully co-educational in 1978, the year it returned to full independence. The school occupies a 35-acre site in the centre of the market town of Wellington in Somerset and, in 2000, a purpose-built junior school was opened on an adjacent site. This was renamed Wellington Prep School in September 2014.
The school now provides day and boarding education for boys and girls, who are each allocated to one of five boarding and six day houses.
The School occupies 35 acres in close proximity to the town centre which has a population of 12,500. The town lies equidistant between Taunton and Tiverton railway stations (both approximately 20 minutes away). The character of the area, situated between the Blackdown Hills (now an area of Outstanding Natural Beauty), the Brendon Hills and the Quantocks, has remained largely unaltered for many years. The Dartmoor and Exmoor National Parks and the North and South coasts are within an hour’s drive away. The catchment area for day pupils extends up to 20-30 miles around the town and buses cover the whole region.
The School has witnessed an extensive building programme over the last twenty years. The new buildings having been carefully and tastefully blended in with existing architecture. Most recent building projects include a new Sixth Form Centre, a new indoor climbing wall, a new astro-turf, a new study centre and library and a new cafe.
Our Vision
Purpose: To ensure that our pupils leave school equipped with everything they need to thrive
Vision: To provide a life-changing, pupil-centred, values-led education for engaged and ambitious young people who wish to contribute to the School and the wider community.
Mission:To honour our purpose and achieve our vision, we will
The inner white cross represents our day to day priorities as they relate to our pupils. Our values are at the heart of our ethos, and inform every aspect of daily life at Wellington School. In order to ensure that our pupils leave Wellington School equipped with everything they need to thrive, we need to ensure that they acquire knowledge, earn suitable credentials, learn crucial skills and develop appropriate competencies.
These key objectives are set against a wider backdrop. Pupils’ knowledge and credentials must be relevant to their future, we must enhance their agency (the power and resources they need to fulfil their potential), we have to encourage them to take responsibility for their learning and it is vital that we support the development of our pupils’ good character.
Our endeavour needs to operate as part of a set of wider priorities. These include our commitment to doing what we can to operate more sustainably, to enhancing the wellbeing of everyone in the Wellington School family, to committing ourselves to social justice (our belief that everyone deserves equal economic, political and social rights and opportunities) and to fostering a strong sense of community, both within the School and well beyond our gates.
This framework sees us able to move forward with clarity, purpose and confidence. Our curricular and co-curricular provision, pastoral care, campus operations and involvement with the world around us must be 21st Century relevant. While respecting the efforts of those who have gone before us, we must continually challenge ourselves to ensure that young adults leave Wellington School equipped with everything they need to thrive in an increasingly complex and demanding world.
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