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Iron Duke turns in his grave as Wellington College appoints first head girl

Four Blucher Intrepids rode 258 miles from the London Eye to the Eiffel Tower raising about £7-8,000 along the way

Youngsters from deprived inner London boroughs came to stay at Wellington College recently, thanks to nine Wellington students who raised over £5,000.

This year's A level results at Wellington College have set a new record for the school, with 93.3% A and B grades, and 18.8% A* grades

In the 2010 Final of the ECF National Schools Championship, Wellington College repeated their success of 2009

Wellington College congratulates its first batch of IB candidates on attaining their results.

Sir Kenneth Baker and Sir Michael Rake also speak at Festival

Polo - Wellington are National U16 champions for the second year running

Wellington College's third Arts Festival.

Phillip Blond, Rory Bremner, Lord Puttnam and Germaine Greer are among 70 speakers at Festival.

Upper Sixth Form pupil Eunice Tsang has been offered a place to study Fine Art at Goldsmiths College in London

The College is running their lessons and tutorials by web, email and phone from today and is even posting mock exams so no student misses out.

The College is hosting the prestigious RFU International U16s Rugby Festival for the first time this Easter

A strong cast of actors, supported by some of our most able musicians, is taking a unique version of Othello on tour in Asia over Easter

Wellington College win top prize in the finals of the HSBC/British Council Mandarin Chinese Speaking Competition

The Junior Colts rugby team reach the U15 Daily Mail Cup Final for the second time in 3 years.

Remus Azoitei and Eduard Stan perform exciting classical programme at Wellington

Wellington to pioneer happiness lessons in China

Wellington College is delighted to welcome the RDFZ Students' Art Group to this sold-out event on Monday 8th February

On Thursday 4th February, five Wellington students attended a conference at Westminster called 'Faith in the world' at which they met the Archbishop of Canterbury

Dr Seldon gives speech calling for political commitment to state/independent school partnerships

Hannah Pugsley wins not just the Junior Indoor title, but the Women's as well

Wellington College welcomed Her Majesty The Queen to the school on 1 December 2009

Over 1,500 people came to a sell-out debate last night at Wellington

The first ever Inter-House Art Competition was held at Wellington College last weekend

Wellington College School lays foundation stone for schools in China

Our pupils achieve a record 91.5% A/B grades at A level, the highest in our history.

The end of the Summer Term saw a double dose of success for Wellington's cricketers as the 1st XI won their annual Festival for the first time and the Yearlings won the Lord's Taverners U-14 Berkshire Schools County Cup.

Sebastian Faulks, the acclaimed novelist, goes back to his old school next week as the headline act amongst a sparkling line up at ArtsFest 2009, Wellington College's annual arts festival.

The country's education system should be liberated from the one-size-fits-all GCSE curriculum and examination system, said one of the UK's most influential headmasters today.

The College has no reason for concern for pupil health or wellbeing at present.

Our highest ever finish in this competition in 15 years

Wellington's decision to introduce the IB's Middle Year's Programme is a landmark in independent education

Whole School Strides out For Sierra Leone Orphans

Wellington College to teach its students how to think in a major new departure

Wellington College moves to IB Middle Years Programme in pioneering break from GCSEs

The College 1st VII have enjoyed an excellent year, winning 3 tournaments and the nationals

The Spring Term ends with a unique and wery wet Cross Country run - the Kingsley

Annabel Croft recently coached Wellington students in a tennis masterclass

Wellington lets its hair down in order to raise a few thou for charity ...

Wellington's skiers took part in a series of Internation evenst in Frnace and Switzerland and came away with a handful of cups and medals.

Conservatives will 'liberate' poorly performing schools from authority control and usher in a new era for academies

Dr Seldon argues for 21st century ideas to transform 'factory schools' in his inaugural lecture on being appointed Professor of the College of Teachers on Monday 9th March.

The Wellington rugby pedigree runs strong and deep, with some of our rugby stars graduating on to even greater success representing the Home Countries in the 6 Nations.

First 'Future Pathways Challenge' is great success

Wellington is known for its Rugby, and although the main season finishes at Christmas, the best of our players continue through the Spring term.

Wellington regularly sends groups abroad during half terms and holidays. Here are a couple of recent reports

Nick was one of 700 entrants to the TfL Routemaster competitition, which spans professional designers and gifted pupils covering a number of age groups

Simon Baker (OW - Murray) was part of the Manchester University team that thrashed Lincoln College, Oxford (350-30) in the semi final of University Challenge last night to secure their path to the final

Schools should do more to promote psychological health and good behaviour

Jon Fisher (OW) was selected for England Saxons and is the youngest member of the squad

Congratulations to our young Hockey players, both boys and girls, both teams winning through regional competitions. These young men and women show great promise and will be a solid foundation on which to build for the next five years.

Nick Hopcroft (Bd) won the senior HK Foster Cup in the Public Schools' Singles Championships at Queen's Club in December

Sixth formers and teachers visit Hope and Homes charity's work in Sierra Leone.

Recession-stressed children should be taught 'more spiritually and more about stillness', says leading head

John Major speaks to all pupils regarding pressing issues of the 21st Century

Overseas expansion of education major opportunity for UK

No more 'sitting at the back' in lessons

Top UK pupils take strong line on Brown, Obama and alcohol

Dr Seldon calls for an open mind on the teaching of 'happiness' and well-being

Recent radio interview on education and government

Wellington College has the aim to be at the forefront of educational debate nationally and internationally.

Wellington remains on course to become a premier division academic school by 2011

Welllington has invested over £15m

National Karate honours for Wellington pupil

Prep Schools Cricket tournament is being hosted at Wellington

Old Wellingtonian wins full cap for Scotland

Wellington 3rd Former shoots for county

Parents and friends are welcomed to Wellington

Wellington's first "Maiden" century, the Captain's three and one other!

Prince Andrew is to become President of The Wellington Academy

Wellington U18 and U15 teams both win their Daily Mail finals

Karen Sullivan from SecEd on 'the country's most improved independent school'

Schools favour exam techniques over happiness

Academies conference at Wellington College underlines major opportunity for independent schools

Can You Learn to Be Happy? A conference at Welington, 17 January

Rugby's next generation show talent at new 15-a-side schools rugby tournament

A major new initiative this Wednesday to help state schools get bright pupils into best universities

Leading head launches harshest attack yet on 'naive and simplistic' academic league tables

Congratulations to James Heaford, who won the UK National Under 18 Shotokan Karate Association Championship

Wellington and the OW Society have commissioned Wellington College: The First 150 Years

Wellington College has been officially authorised to teach the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme from September 2008

25 pupils on a 6 day rugby tour to Ireland

Over half term pupils attended the Round Square International Conference at Daly College, India, and subsequently visited Ladakh

12 students spent their half-term building stoves in Peru

Pupils and parents visit a school they support

On Friday 28th September, Wellington was honoured by the presence of three great names in British Music.

Fencing is stirring at Wellington. After several seasons of modest results, the fencing team beat Marlborough in their recent fencing match.

Professor Howard Gardner and Dr Anthony Seldon highlight benefits of 'eight aptitudes' approach at conference

Pupils will soon be able to take IB as alternative to A Levels

Press announces that Wellington is the fastest rising independent school

In the Past, too much educational focus has been on a limited area of an individual's aptitudes

Best ever results at GCSE

A-level candidates at Wellington College have broken all records at the school

Wellington started this term with a record number of 842 pupils

Information on the Trust and application qualifications

Prep schools photography competition winners

Wellington is to become the first independent school in the UK to put up the funding for a state academy

Cricket - congratulations to Luc Durandt, who has just been selected by ECB schools to play in the Combined Services game on July 9th and 10th

Wellington's theatre was filled to overflowing for an entertaining visit by Boris Johnson MP

Nick Hopcroft (Bd) was part of the England U15 Squash team that won the European Championships over half-term

Latest news on sporting achievements and fixtures so far this term

Conference on Cannabis and drug abuse: how schools should respond

Over the last year, The Blucher has raised enough money to build much needed classrooms for a school in Uganda.

The under 15 netball team was narrowly beaten into second place in the county tournament on Saturday 10th March

Six of our shooters have been selected for the England Smallbore Rifle team

Major event in British education as 'happiness' conference is a sell out

Yearlings 1 beat Eton on penalty flicks to win the final of the Berkshire U14 County Hockey Championships.

Fourth former Nicholas Cho (T), a Design Scholar, has won a Design Museum competition to design the Formula One racing car of the future.

Wellingtonians continue to receive national sporting recognition

Wellington College today launches its 10-point programme for developing well-being

First XV vice-captain Jon Fisher yesterday received his first England Cap, playing for England Under 19's.

Wellington College's running squad embarked on a pioneering pre-season training camp on the island of Lanzarote

Wellington won the Slalom as well as a number of individual medals at the Skiing and Snowboarding Championships, Les Deux Alpes

Ed Young (Bd) won the Rennie Cup at Queen's winning 3-1 in the Final.

The Poet Laureate read extracts from his autobiography and his latest collection for Wellingtonians, their parents and teachers during his visit on November 22nd

Wellington College is in discussions regarding the sponsorship of a new academy school

Wellington Remembrance Day Service

The annual Remembrance readings and music took place in Great School on Sunday 12th November

The Under 14 A hockey team got junior girls' sport off to a flying start by winning the Berkshire County Championships this week.

Two of the country's most eminent barristers have by turns challenged and entertained audiences of Wellington parents, teachers, pupils and friends recently as part of the Wellington College Association programme.

On Wednesday 1st November many parents and a few pupils were privileged to see John Mortimer, QC in the Driver Lecture Room

Wellingtonians went on no less than five overseas trips during the half term break, to the USA, Jordan, Morocco, Eastern Europe and Malaysia

Sixty of the UK's most talented teenagers from state and independent schools attended the conference on Friday 29th September

On Tuesday 26th September, Wellington welcomed 6 professional rugby coaches

Thom Evans (Hg 1998-2003) has been selected to the Scottish rugby squad in their upcoming game against Romania

Tom Ward, (Hill, UVI) has been selected to shoot for Wales in the European Long Range Championships.

Last Friday, 80 children from prep schools visited Wellington for a strings workshop day

Two of Wellington's newest pupils made their mark in the Berkshire county U17 netball trials on Thursday 14th September.

School develops unique curriculum for teaching well-being to teenagers.

The Master has awarded a number of scholarships based on pupils' individual academic success.

Today's arrival of girls in the main school at Wellington ends of 150 years of single-sex education.

GCSE Results 2006

Wellington has seen the biggest improvement in its A level results this year since records began.

Wellington's production on Francis in Perugia is a fantastic success

Camerata's first participation in the National Music for Youth Festival leads to a second place

Franciscan friars and British schoolchildren collaborate on new production in Italy.

A group of 4th form GCSE students 'toured' local junior schools with their production of Aladdin.

Dr Seldon brings a new style of speech day to Wellington.

Six excellent student musicians performed in this year's Montgomery Recital

Wellington 5th against strong opposition

Over the Easter Holidays, the orchestra visited Romania.

... a super production with both educational and dramatic value

I was wholly impressed by all three actors, their maturity and their ability to penetrate to the heart of their characters ... that they leave me altered by witnessing the interaction of these characters reflects on the skilful crafting of the play

... The concert they gave was one filled with professionalism and musicality. This was the first time I had heard them play and I can now understand why they possess such a renowned reputation.

Seelin Ho and Rob Quaile ... both captivated and entertained their audience

The production had the audience in stitches from the opening scene ... an inspiring performance

In a radical change, Wellington will adopt the IB's Middle Years Programme (MYP) in place of the National Curriculum.

Examination boards have indicated that all examinations will go ahead as scheduled regardless of flight disruptions