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Meikle. Lawrence Graham will remain Wellington’s legal
academic effort certificates to the Third, Fourth and Fifth
advisers as they have been since the Foundation. We are
Forms today; and David Cowley, who retired as a Governor
most grateful for all they do for us.
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last year, to the Lower Sixth and Upper Sixth.
Martyn Gowar has kindly agreed to present the Master’s
I now invite the Master to give his annual report.
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our Royal Highness, your Graces, my Lords,
Do visit also the wonderful gardens, including the
Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to Speech
College, Swan Lake and after lunch the Master’s gardens,
Day in the 149th anniversary year of pupils first
and walk down the flaming laburnum grove.
arriving at Wellington College.
Enjoy watching the cricket, the polo and the field gun
This is a wonderful and exciting moment in our history.
Today will see a marking and celebration of the remarkable
things that the school has achieved over the past year.
years on Speech Day the weather appears to be kind.
From 3:45, please start assembling on South Front
It will afford you further a vision of how Wellington
will develop in our 150th year next year, and beyond.
for the innovation of The Pageant. This will be a glorious
celebration of some of the highlights of the year which
Wellington seeks to measure itself not against the
best schools in the South East, nor indeed in the
run, as well as your picnics. For the first time in three
uk at
large, but against the best schools in the world.
parents ordinarily would miss. Three and a half thousand
people will watch.
It will be performed and presented entirely by the
Assisi itself, and the pageant this afternoon, in which you
Rosie Fielder has been a warm and caring Housemistress
will see his unique flair and directorial genius. Philip leaves
of Apsley for three years, and an excellent Chemist. She
to work in the theatre in his native Northern Ireland.
leaves to become Head of Chemistry at Austin Friars
Having proved ourselves most emphatically with our
pupils themselves. It is their show, and it will be stunning.
performance in our two inspections last month, Wellington
Please remember to take your programme, which
Chris Warner is another music and theatrical
School, where husband Mike will be one of her bosses. I
contains the School Song, one of many traditions, along
impresario, who has contributed massively to school
am sure the girl power she has learnt from the Apsley girls
with Waterloo Day on 18th June, which we are resurrecting
music, music technology and performance over the last
will quickly sort out her new boss.
after many years.
seven years. His infectious skill, warmth and enthusiasm
is now set for the next stage in the ascent.
We seek to become nothing less than a world class
school. We seek to lead schools, and education debates,
not only in the uk but internationally.
The loss of those traditions happened long ago, and
But we have a very long way to go until we reach that
have left an indelible mark on many.
Rob Lancastle, ‘Mr Cool’, has been a scintillating
teacher of Maths, Assistant
hm in White Cairn, Master
well before the arrival of any of the staff who will be sadly
Mike Getgood has been Wellington’s own Simon
in charge of Hockey, and coach of many sports. He is
leaving us this summer, and whose departure we now mark.
Sharma of Art History, Richie Benaud of cricket coaching,
leaving for the City, but we hope he will return before long
The first Duke, in whose honour we were founded,
Mark Sayer has been a hugely successful Housemaster
and Jeremy Clarkson commentator on school life. Again, a
to school teaching to make some serious money, perhaps
was one of the great leaders of the 19th century. We must
of Lynedoch and teacher of Classics. The House deservedly
unique and irrepressible figure, who has given much.
even back to Wellington.
now lead in the 21st century.
won the Toye Challenge Trophy last year, and came second
Andrew Richards has served remarkably in the hardest
Tim Filtness, a popular teacher who uses chocolate as
It is a pleasure and honour to have the 1st Duke’s
this year. A deeply committed and caring figure, he has
job of any school, School Chaplain. He has made Chapel
a reward system in his lessons, an excellent device, leaves
distinguished great-great-grandson present with us today,
received well-deserved promotion to become Headmaster
a warm and caring place for all, taught
re with a deep
after a very committed and successful two years as Head
together with Her Grace, the Duchess.
of the prestigious Elstree Prep School.
knowledge and enthusiasm, supported the down-hearted,
of Biology for Merchant Taylor’s in Northwood as Head
and kept us all supplied with free-range eggs. He moves
of Biology.
level, as I make clear later.
We hope you enjoy the new format for the day. The
separate sessions in the Sports Hall in the morning will allow
all pupils and guests to attend, and more time to celebrate
the achievements of the year groups represented.
With him goes Sarah, who has given such excellent help
in the Lynedoch, and the Modern Languages department.
Nick Diver’s departure will leave a hole no man could
with Beverley to become Chaplain at The Duke of York’s
Military School in Dover.
Our best wishes to our excellent post-graduate
assistant teachers who are leaving us to continue their
ever adequately fill. He has been a brilliant History teacher,
John Arton Powell, Wellington’s most politically
studies—Ben Allberry, Chris Bland, Patrick Lundie, Peter
The new format will allow more time to visit the
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