Year Book Wellington College 2011 | Page 13

the wellington college year book 2010/2011 Wellington Academy Wiltshire 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. Stephen Crouch Wellington College, Tianjin, under construction 13