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To navigate the challenges of the 21st century the world will need thoughtful, engaged, conscientious, courageous change-makers in every sector of society. Wellington College exists to provide young people with the knowledge, skills and character to fulfil their potential and serve the changing world in which they will live.
Wellington College stands on a 400-acre (160 ha) estate in South-East England, near Reading and Sandhurst. The grounds of the college include a 9-hole golf course, extensive woodland, and many playing fields, particularly those for cricket and rugby.
Every year, around 260 new pupils join Wellington at a number of different stages. From 2025, our new pupils will be 50% boys and 50% girls. 80% join as boarders and 20% travel to the College each day as day-pupils.
Wellington College inhabits a huge and imposing campus in leafy Berkshire, with its prime location being another attraction for both domestic and overseas families.
Wellington College is an English independent day and boarding school located in the village of Crowthorne, Berkshire. It educates over 1,000 boys and girls from 13 to 18 and was built as a national monument to the first Duke of Wellington.
Wellington College opened in 1859 as a national memorial to Arthur, Duke of Wellington, and was seen by Albert, the Prince Consort, as an opportunity to promote a modern, forward-looking education system in Britain. These factors alone give Wellington a unique identity and place in history.
Once built Wellington College was opened in 1859 as a boy’s boarding school for the education of orphans of the British armed forces but has now expanded to become one of the nation’s co-educational boarding schools.
Located in Crowthorne, Berkshire, Wellington College is clustered around a grand nineteenth century baroque estate on a 400 acre site some 30 miles from London. The College is a heavyweight player in the UK public school sector, and one of the top five English co-educational day and boarding schools for the international baccalaureate.
Wellington College’s archives are a treasury of original material recording the school’s fascinating history. They include governance and finance records, publications, collections by and about teachers and College staff, records of dormitories, houses, sports and societies created by the students themselves, material about the College ...
Wellington College is a pioneering co-educational institution, driven by the need to prepare young people to serve and shape the world of tomorrow. Keep exploring ‘A school with mind, heart, and a constant fizz!’
