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Subjects

We offer a wide variety of critical subjects at Wellington.

Art We are fiercely proud of our pupils’ achievements and can offer a wealth of specialist teaching including painting, drawing, ceramics, sculpture, installation, photography, video and film.

Biology Biology, from the Greek ‘bios’ meaning life, is the most vital of all subjects. It transcends anatomy,...

Business The Business Studies and Business and Management courses at Wellington fully encapsulate this mantra with...

Chemistry The position of Chemistry as the ‘Central Science’ makes it essential to understand the world around us. Chemistry is therefore studied by all students at Wellington up to 5th form and by a good and growing number for their sixth form studies,...

Classics Classics, the languages and cultures of Greece and Rome, have shaped and continue to shape every aspect of the modern world: our literature, our law, our drama, our architecture, our philosophy, our religion. Everyone is in fact a Classicist!

Dance Dance at Wellington College is an exciting and vibrant part of everyday life. Whether students decide to study GCSE, AS and A Level Dance, or enjoy dance outside the curriculum, there is a class for everyone.

Design and Technology The Department of Technology is housed in two purpose built facilities – catering for Resistant Materials, Textiles and Information Technology.

Drama Performing Arts are at the heart of the philosophy of Wellington College. Over a third of the students at Wellington participate in drama as either a curricular or extra-curricular activity

Economics Economics has long been considered the choice subject of many of society's leaders.

English Wellington English is an agora of intellectual and emotional exchange. Pupils are expected to weigh-in, barter, haggle, proffer and pitch both with each other and their teacher. The atmosphere in our Department is exciting and exacting.

Geography Geography is fundamental for everyone. It starts very early, when a young child encounters and begins to...

History At Wellington we are not only interested in history as a discipline, but as a process. We aim to get under the skin of the subject and form our own method of deconstructing human behaviour. The past is not a foreign country.

History of Art A work of art is not just an historical ‘record’; it is an act of creation. The nineteenth-century art critic...

ICT The impact of ICT and Computing over the last decade cannot go unnoticed – it has changed the way we work, play, learn and communicate.

Insight The 3rd form Insight course comprises a series of innovative lessons which aim to extend pupils beyond the taught curriculum and encourage divergent thinking on a range of issues from astronomy to psychology and philosophy.

Leadership Leadership

Mathematics At Wellington, we believe that maths lies not just at the heart of the curriculum but also at the heart of knowledge.

Modern Languages Wellington aims to provide a broad, fascinating and genuinely inspiring look at the world of foreign languages.

Music At Wellington, Music as an academic subject links all areas of scholarly life, from language to analysis,...

Music Technology Do you enjoy creating music in a new and exciting way?

PE At Wellington we are privileged to have outstanding facilities in which we endeavour to teach outstanding...

Philosophy and Religion Studying Philosophy and Religion at Wellington opens up fascinating and challenging questions, which stretch...

Physics Physics is the subject that brings us closer to that understanding of the Universe and seeks to provide the...

Politics Politics at Wellington is an academically-rigorous subject offered at both IB Diploma and A-level.

Theory of Knowledge Everyone knows that education is supposed to lead to knowledge. But why? What is knowledge and why should we...