Wellington School

Wellington School brings prep, senior and Sixth Form education together in a Somerset community where day pupils and boarders share the same houses and activities. The senior years combine academic study with sport, art, drama, music, the Combined Cadet Force and the Duke of Edinburgh's Award. The House system runs from Year 7 through Sixth Form, giving older pupils a visible role in welcoming and mentoring younger members.

Sixth Form students usually take three A levels, with a fourth available where appropriate, and can add the Extended Project Qualification for independent research. University applications, careers planning, interview preparation and CV and job-application writing give the lower sixth a practical focus. The academic route is therefore linked to the decisions pupils will make after school, not just to examination subjects.

Student-led societies bring a more specialised rhythm to the week. MedSoc, Pol Soc, Law Soc, Psych Soc and Engineering Society sit alongside research projects, competitions and employer encounters, allowing pupils to follow an interest beyond the syllabus. The combination of these societies with the broader co-curricular programme gives the Sixth Form a strong role in the wider school.

Boarding is part of the shared community, with 125 boys and girls living in three houses and joining the school houses used by day pupils. The March 2026 inspection outcome recorded the relevant standards, including boarding, as met. Wellington's character comes from the way its all-through structure, house life and senior academic choices are held together in one day-and-boarding school.