16th Annual Wellington Heads of College Conference

Character is a muscle that allows you to put your values into practice.

Dr Ed Brooks, Executive Director of the Oxford Character Project.

The 16th annual Wellington Heads of College Conference brought together a diverse collection of student leaders to celebrate and discuss leadership, with over 110 head girls and head boys joining from all over the UK including two students from Paris. This year’s theme, “Unleashing Leadership”, emphasised the importance of sharing the leadership vision of an institution to ensure it can positively impact a wider community.

Fuelled by an abundance of coffee and snacks, our bright young people came together to share their ideas and aspirations for successful leadership of a school from a pupil perspective. There was a host of talks from external speakers, including Dr Ed Brooks, and various breakout sessions where Heads of College got to meet their counterparts and learn from each other. 

Dr Ed Brooks

It was an extremely fun event and a chance to meet conscientious, forward thinking people. At the breakout sessions we talked about leadership, along with our hopes and dreams.

We were so lucky that we had total freedom over what we wanted the day to look like. It was great that the school gave us the reins, but we are so grateful for Mrs Woolhouse for doing all the behind the scenes logistics and Mrs Bidston for her help throughout the process on the design for the themes of the day. It was a pleasure to host.

Alice and Freddie, Wellington College Heads of College

Alice and Freddie, Wellington College Heads of College