the wellington college year book 2010/2011
the wellington college year book 2010/2011
Wellington Academy,
Wiltshire
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from being a failing school in the bottom
10% nationally overall and in the bottom 5%
nationally for value added into a thriving school
of 600 pupils where the number of pupils
achieving five gcses rose from 39% to 98% in
one year. The school caters for children from
eleven to sixteen, 40% of whom were from
army families. It was the first rural Academy
and will be the first to offer boarding.
We hope that all of these changes and
developments will enable Wellington to
provide the all-round education for life that
lies at the heart of its aptitudinal approach,
and will also ensure that College remains
a place that truly transforms the lives of all
those connected with it. The next five years
promise to be truly exciting and innovative.
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match, and perhaps one day, exceed, the
College in size.
The physical aptitude has also been
under development, with some fantastic
achievements at school, county and national
level. The Monro Pavilion has been of huge
benefit, located on the edge of Bigside, and
has become a space used constantly by pupils,
parents and as part of our commercial lets in
the holidays to generate additional revenue
for bursaries.
Outside the proposed new Library
Proposed statue of Copenhagen
in Combermere Quad
The next project on the sporting side is
to have a new Running Track on Rockies to
replace our sloping grass track so as to offer
our top athletes excellent facilities for training
and competition.
In all of these developments, we have also
been careful not to lose sight of the moral
aptitude. In terms of physical manifestation,
we are seeking to restore the Chapel for its
150 year anniversary in 2013.
As importantly, we are launching a new
bursary fund The Prince Albert Society which
will offer full bursary support to talented
children who would not normally have been
able to consider a private education. These
bursaries will be transformative for the
children who are awarded them.
We have also sought to make a broader
impact on the lives of hundreds of children by
opening the Wellington Academy in Wiltshire.
This school has, in the space of two years,
been catapulted by its Head, Andy Schofield,
Wellington College,
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