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WELLINGTON TODAY 2017
WELLINGTON COLLEGE CHINA
THE WELLINGTON
COLLEGE FAMILY
In 2009 the Wellington College group met with one main topic
on their agenda, to bring the education, philosophy, and ethos of
Wellington College beyond the shores of the United Kingdom to
an ever expanding international community. That day a plan was
set in motion which would lead to the development of the first
Wellington international school.
Tianjin, China was selected as the first development and
Wellington College International Tianjin was opened in August
of 2011 by a visionary board in partnership with Wellington
College in the UK. In 2014 Wellington College opened their
second school in China and so Wellington College International
Shanghai sprung to life.
After the official kick-off of the New Bund Wellington College
Bilingual Co-educational programme in 2015, Wellington College
Bilingual Shanghai will open in March 2016 as the third school
in China and the seventh member of the Wellington College
family, joining Wellington UK, its junior school Eagle House,
the Wellington Academy and Wellington Primary Academy
in Wiltshire, UK. In an international context, both Tianjin and
Shanghai schools offer the very best in purpose-built, educational
facilities of the 21st-century. Incorporating everything required
for academic learning and extracurricular excellence. With the
latest technological advancements in building design, materials
and management, the facilities in Tianjin and Shanghai are viewed
as two of the best international schools in the world.
EAGLE HOUSE WELLINGTON PRIMARY ACADEMY THE WELLINGTON ACADEMY
A short walk through woodland from Wellington College in
the UK is its junior branch, Eagle House School. Founded in
1820, it has been owned by Wellington since 1968, and educates
boys and girls up to the age of 13. Many, though not all, of its
pupils go on to Wellington College. The ‘Learning for Life’ and
‘Golden Eagle’ programmes at Eagle House naturally dovetail into
the Wellington Aptitudes philosophy of Wellington, and there
are regular joint staff and pupil events. Recently, a long-standing
Housemaster at Wellington was appointed as a Deputy Head at
Eagle House, demonstrating the closeness of the two schools.
Sport and creative and performing arts play a key role at
Eagle House, which, as at Wellington College, have earned a very
strong reputation. Wellington Primary is a brand new purpose-built primary
school based within the new housing development in NEQ
(North East Quadrant) Tidworth. The school opened in
September 2014 as part of the Wellington Family for pupils
from Reception through to Year 6. Our ambition for Wellington
Primary is the same ambition we have for all schools in the
Wellington Family: to provide an outstanding education for all
its pupils. At Wellington Primary pupils will learn how to work
hard and study well, to be good and do good, setting them up
for a future of success and wellbeing whatever they choose to
do in their lives. The UK government set up the sponsored Academies
Programme to boost investment in state education in areas
that had struggled for years to provide their communities with
thriving schools. The aim of academies is to transform education
and life chances for such communities.
Wellington College was the first private school to become a
sponsor, with a generous £2 million donation from a parent and
governor, and this triggered the further £30 million investment
required for the brand new campus from the government.
The Wellington Academy opened in Luggershall, Wiltshire in
2009, an area with a significant proportion of army families – this
makes its connection with Wellington, and the strongly military
basis of its foundation, all the more meaningful. In its time of
operation, it has already seen a spectacular rise in the academic
results achieved by its pupils.
There are strong links between the two schools, with extensive
staff cooperation and collaborative projects between pupils.
Wellington College is actively pursuing plans to be involved with
a series of new academies, and is working closely with the UK
government on this.
Having strong support from the local governments, the schools
have built a solid reputation for academic excellence in each of
their respective communities. The Wellington Family continues
to grow and we are reminded of the school dictum, ‘A Proud
Tradition. Educating For The Future’.
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